School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 362
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- Local Marriage Customs
In this locality men seldom marry before middle-age. This is the result of the fact that some girls object to going to a house where they have to live with both father and mother-in-law. Mothers-in-law are notorious for being hard on their daughters-in-law, so men often wait till they have the house to themselves.Matchmaking was a great custom up to a quarter of a century ago. Any marriage not in the result of match-making was regarded as a "run-away" match. A "run-away" marriage usually took place if either of the bride's or groom's parents objected to the match which was usually a "love match". The "running-away" meant the bride leaving her home by stealth taking with her a sister or friend and meeting the groom at an arranged cross-roads and the night was spent in dancing and merry-making at the friend's house. Next day the bride's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosaleen Johnston
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Informant
- Edward Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Drumliff, Co. Cavan
