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School: Ballyseedy (roll number 9048/55)

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Ballyseedy, Co. Kerry
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Prionsias Ní Thíodhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0442, Page 116

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  1. Matchmaking (continued)

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    Match-making is still carried on in farming districts in Kerry. The part of the year given to match-making is Shrove.
    When parents are getting old and have a grown up son whom they wish to settle down, they look out for a suitable girl for him. If they have a daughter in the house they wish to give her the fortune which the son brings in and get her settled down two.
    They look around amongst their friends and aquaintances until they find a girl with the required fortune. Then the father selects an old friend usually a good talker to go match-making for his son.
    When the match-maker reaches the house of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Nóra Ní Shuilleabháin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Kerry