School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)
- Location:
- Cúil Rónáin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 464
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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. - After the match would be made by the match maker the woman's people would go to visit the mans house to see it and see how much grass he had and how many cattle it would feed and how many cows he had and so on. The Bride would pay some of her fortune at the wedding, and the rest maybe the next year.
When they would be married the brides chest (that was what the trunk was called) would come in a few days, full of bed linen which she made herself the year before the marriage. The woman would be said to be a bad housekeeper if she hadn't that chest full.There would be no special presents(continues on next page)
