School: Broadford, Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Broadford, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Guagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0491, Page 110
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- Marriages take place at all times of the year. Long ago this was not the custom. It was usual to get married during "Shrove". As soon as Christmas was over, the match maker got busy. There were many difficulties over the dowry and many a likely match got broken over a few pounds. The girls' people usually provided the fortune, unless of course there was a girl who owned a farm and had no one to work it then the man coming in (called the Cleamham Isteach) provided the fortune. The greater portion of the fortune in each case went to the parents of the man, or of the women, when they in part payment gave over the entire lands, stock and chattels to the newlywed.
It was usual in all arrangements of this kind to secure a "living" or money payment to the person who had given up their holdings. if obliged to live apart. but is was not generally demanded, unless a dispute arose between the parties.
Old people lies of marriages taking place in the homes about 70 or eighty years ago. The wedding feast is nearly always provided by the bride's people and at her house the feast is(continues on next page)
