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School: Gormanstown, Árd Fhíonáin (roll number 5615)

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Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 434

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    Marriage Customs
    People in this locality especially especially the sons and daughters of the farmers, usually get married at Shrove. The matches are usually made or arranged by parents or friends. Very often it takes a long time to make the match. Fortunes are given mostly money but sometimes stock is given and there is usually haggling over the amount. The size of the fortune varies according to the size of the farm. If a man marries a girl with a farm of her own he is called a clean isteach. Farmers are very particular about this match-making. They will only make a match for their son or daughter with farmers of their own
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Marsh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary