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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

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Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 269

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    About seventy or eighty years ago it was the custom for young ladies from this district, who wished to get married to go to the ''Ballina Market'' at Christmas on the look of men.
    The mother of the marriageable daughter would be present at the market as well as the daughter herself. The daughter would be mounted on a fine horse, and the mother walked by the horse's side. Then they both went went straight through the market and the mother cried, ''Cherries ripe for nuts a cracking'', which meant she was anxious to marry her daughter to any suitable young man. Many pushed their way to see the Lady. If anyone took a fancy to her, he came to
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Colleary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Dunneill, Co. Sligo