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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369D, Page 05_016

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  1. Composition - Local Marriages Customs

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    Marrigs mostly take place during Shrove and on Shrove Tuesday. May and Agaust are thought unlucky for marriage's and the days that are thought unlucky for marriages are Monday and Friday.
    People make pan-cakes on Shrove night because it is a custom. In this didrect, matches are made in farmhouses on winter nights. Money is given as fortunes, to daughters and sons of rich familys when they are getting married.
    Mostly every marriage
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Purcell
    Gender
    Female