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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

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Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
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Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 260

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  1. Marriages of Olden Times (continued)

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    her, they would stay in the neighbours house along with her that night or that day. Then they would acquaint or tell her parents about it, and her parents would have to pay a certain amount of money to the boy that was going to marry their daughter. If the parents did not pay this tax, the boy would not marry the girl and no other boy would marry her either. This was called a run-away.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Green
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Green
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim