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School: Killaraght (roll number 11755)

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Killaraght, Co. Sligo
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Annie Brennan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 112

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  2. Ancient Marriages

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    Marriages in the olden times were not the same as they are to-day. In those days there was a "match maker" going round the country settling matches and if the match was settled he was paid a sum of money for his trouble. His method of doing business was this : - The match maker would go to this young man's house and tell him about a certain young girl that lived a few miles away. She had perhaps sixty or eighty pounds fortune. She was a good worker and a fine girl. The young man approved of all this, so the match-maker went away to the young girl's home
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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
    Eugene Queenan
    Gender
    Male