School: Béal Átha Uisce (roll number 4836)
- Location:
- Ballard, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Séaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)fell on. If they got married on Shrove Tuesday the girl couldn't go home to her own home until Lent was over. If the wedding was in the girls house the man would take her to his house before twelve o'clock.
The way they used make matches long ago was the man would send a messenger to some girl and he would ask her would she marry the other man and that he wanted so much of a fortune with her. If her people couldn't give her the money they would give her cows or something- Collector
- Máire Ní Mhurchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Felane Middle, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Seán Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Felane Middle, Co. Cork