School: Scoil na mBráthar, Inistíomáin (roll number 16678)
- Location:
- Ennistimon, Co. Clare
- Teacher: S. Ó Conaill
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- (continued from previous page)or daughter he would meet another man ar a fair or in a public and would say "I have a (a) son that is looking for a wife." and if the other had a daughter they would make the match. The girl's father would walk the boy's land an give him all it was worth. The night after the match they used have a feast which was called "the picking of the gander." After the marriage they have a wedding and the people ride to it on horseback. A few young people tie straw around their waists, hands, and feet. They (lie) go into the house and dance and do not take anythingWhen the people used be going home they would have a race to try who had the best horse.
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