School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 117
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are special marriage customs in every place. In this part of Ireland there is a certain time set aside for marriages to take place. It is called Shrove. It commences on little Xmas day and ends on Shrove Tuesday which is the day before Ash Wednesday.
Every farmer's daughter generally has a dowry which is the girls money. When she comes to a certain age he parents like to get her settled down in life. They like her to marry a good farmer. It happens that in the locality there lives a man who would act as a match maker. He is called the speaker. He would go to a farmer's house with a hazel stick with a turn in it. He is sent to a young man's house where there lives a suitable partner for the girl. The speaker would tell him about the girl.(continues on next page)
