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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 04_024

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    and take with them a bottle of whiskey. The people call this match making. The usual customs are to hold a wedding breakfast and a dance in the lady's house. When they are going home to the lady's house after a month they have what they call a hauling home. In olden times they had carriages with a pair of grey horses and white bows in the coach man's whip
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs M. Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary