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School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

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Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Nora Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0270

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Most of the young girls and boys around my place get married in the "Seraft" that is between Christmas and Lent. Matches are generally made because the people are all farmers and they give their daughters large fortunes. Sometimes a boy and a girl may have been acquainted for quite a long time but since it is the rule that a fortune must be got the old people have to settle the match. Some men go to the girls house and usually take with them a large bottle of whiskey. They know the girl will marry the boy but they have got to settle the dowry.
    When everything is arranged the girls people prepares to give a wedding. All her
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lugacaha, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo