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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

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Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 423

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    settle an appointed day to draw the "writings". When the "writings" are drawn the boy and girl go to Limerick to purchase the ring, and the wedding garments. On the appointed day the "weddingers" drive to the church and get married, the bride has a bridesmaid and the groom has a bridegroom generally the boy and girl are relations of the married pair. Then the married couple and some of their friends drive to the hotel where arrangements for their breakfast, have been made the day they bought the ring. Some people prefer to have breakfast in the girl's home and then they go in their honeymoon to some other country for a week or fortnight.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlís Ní Grádaig
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyea, Co. Limerick