School: Ballinalee (roll number 1174)
- Location:
- Ballinalee, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Mainchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0766, Page 225
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- (continued from previous page)of the year other than Lent or Advent.
Shrove is known as shraf or sharaft.
Match making is practiced, but not to any great extent and a dowry is usually given but stocks or goods are rarely if ever given.
Marriages take place at night sometimes, and then nearly always in the house of the priest. The practice is becoming rarer.
Unmarried women are generally described as girls no matter how old they grow. They become women on marriage only.
