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School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 056

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    second wife to enter in by the same door through which the corpse of the first wife was carried. If there is only one door in the house, the second wife enters by the window
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    People mostly get married after or before Lent. Matches are still made. In olden times if a man liked a certain girl and wished to marry her although she was not willing to marry him. He brought two men along with himself, and took her away during the night, and he married her against her will.
    Two men (men) would catch her
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Robert Manson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killarga, Co. Leitrim