School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 426
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The usual time for marriages is between January the sixth and Shrove Tuesday which is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. In olden times it was the custom for a man to send a friend of his to the parents of the girl he intended to make his wife and to see how much money she had as a dowry. The dowry expected varied according to the size of his place. Next a certain day was fixed on when they met to finally settle on the exact sum of money. If the arrangement was arrived at to the satisfaction of both parties the young man and girl went and bought a ring and managed the date of the marriage.
Certain days are regarded as lucky, others as unlucky. Monday is for luck, Tuesday health, Wednesday for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmaclenany, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Patrick Benson
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmaclenany, Co. Sligo
