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School: Baile Glas (Meastha), An Bhlárna (roll number 10930)

Location:
Ballyglass, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0388, Page 026

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Marriages around our locality are generally marriages of convenience. Match-making is a very old custom.
    One party has a farm of land and the other the money so they arrange a day to see the place. Two or three men walk all over the farm and everything is carefully examined and according to what the farm contains they pay.
    Sometimes they go about it two or three times and after a good deal of
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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
    Bridget O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pluckanes North, Co. Cork