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School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

Location:
Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 084

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    The Sunday after little Christmas day was called long ago "Domhnach féach suas". In olden times there was a man commissioned called a speaker to go to the house of any girl who intended to get married to entroduce the match. He used to demand about a hundred pounds as a fortune. If the intended father-in-law agreed the next thing that was to be done was the prospective bride's father to go to the house and count the cows tieings. If her father was short of stock he used to get the loan of a few from his neighbour for a few days and put them on the farm. If
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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
    Hannah Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr P. Hayes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Derreennalomane, Co. Cork