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School: Creach na mBearna

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Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
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Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 062

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    in the same house with him.
    The "Match make" marriage is customary up to the present day. This is a buying and selling transaction. The groom-to-be looks for a wife who shall bring him the biggest dowry, and the parents of the prospective bride looks for the biggest place they can procure for her. A man who has a three cows place expects to get a £100 dowry with his wife or as near that figure as possible. If he has a slated house and a horse he wants a bigger dowry still.
    The usual procedure in the "Match Make" is The man on the look out (local term) sends a friend with a bottle of whiskey to ask a wife for him. Sometimes he is depicted to ask for a particular girl but
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Layden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Arigna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Christie
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Arigna, Co. Roscommon