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School: Baile an Gharrdha (B.) (roll number 2909)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 053

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    fear it would be broken again. A fortune is spoken of but the amount of money may not be fully decided until the man paying it sees what cattle and other things he is to get as a living for his son or daughter which is getting married. Formerly marriages took place here in the evening and often it was two men who were witnesses to the marriage and not a man and woman as at present. On Shrove Tuesday night all the old bachelors and the old maids of the district are supposed to go to Skellig for Shrove lasts there for a fortnight longer. When the parents of Miss K Blake Ballingarry were getting married they were married in the evening and had two men witnesses. There is an old rhyme about a brides dress. She should
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Irwin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Frankfort, Co. Limerick