School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Áirne
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: An tSr. M. Déaglán An tSr. Marie Thérèse
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- Marriages Long Ago.Long ago a girl about to get married used wear a cape-cloak a month before her wedding, so that every one knew the girl who was to get married. A big party called a Gander used be held at the girls house, a week before the couple used get married. That night a batch of straw-boys would come. They uses be dressed in straw, and used wear round straw hats also. They used have a leader who used have to dance with the bride. The leader used wear a big square hat, which was made of card-board and straw.
There were certain men in every district called match-makers. If a boy wanted to get married he would tell the men to send an account of a match to a certain girl. The men used to(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Teernaboul, Co. Kerry