School: Tashinny, Colehill (roll number 10223)
- Location:
- Taghshinny, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Annie Trimble
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- Collector
- Sarah Cody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Marriage take place all through the year round unless in Advent or Lent.Shrove Tuesday being the last Tuesday before Lent a lot of people get married. Saturday is said to be an unlucky day for getting married. Wednesday is the principal day on which marriages take place. Matches are sometimes made in this district. In most cases money is given as they give a dowry, but some girls have non at all. Marriages(continues on next page)