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School: Beárna Dhearg (B) (roll number 14633)

Location:
Barnaderg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0141

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  3. XML “Marriages in the Old Times”
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  1. Marriages in the Old Times (continued)

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    long stick and put a bucket or a little can at the end of it. They would put this stick into the house, the people inside would fill it with porter. Then they'd go up the fields and drink it there.
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  3. Old Sayings or Proverbs about Marriages

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    (1) Before you marry; be sure of a house wherein to tarry?
    (2) There is no feast till a roast and no torment till marriage
    (3) A good wife is better than a pot of gold?

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnaderg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Kate Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Barnaderg, Co. Galway