School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)
- Location:
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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- (continued from previous page)runaway marriages the man used to steal the girl to a neighbours house a week before the marraige, then he and she would go on horseback to the church and a boy and girl that would choose themselves would stand sponsor for them. When a boy would intend to marry a girl, he and another boy would take plenty of whiskey and then they would have plenty of courage, they would take a quart bottle of whiskey to the girls house, and when they would have the father marry, they would ask him for the daughter. When they would be getting married they would bring a married woman to the church with them, they would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Delaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 17
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- George Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo