School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0362

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  1. Local Marriage Customs
    In this district people usually get married in Shrove
    When a man is thinking of getting married he gets a friend or cousin to ask the girls hand in marriage.
    if the girls parents think him suitable they arrange a meeting at either a fair or market.
    Then there is a market-supper at which the intended brridegroom recieves part of the dowry. In olden times the dowry consisted of twenty pounds and a bed, but it is now given according to the means of the girls people.
    The priest is then informed of the match and a day is then arranged on which the wedding is held. Some days for marriage are lucky and others unlucky
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hennigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Hennigan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    90
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway