School: Dangan (roll number 878)

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1. A Marriage Custom

   

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   In years gone by match-making was more common than now. A very old lady here told me many interesting stories of match-making that took place in her young days. No boy or girl ever got married without the match-maker's approval, very often this took place in markets and fairs. Often one farmer would go into another farmer's house and there would be a bargain made between them that the son of the first would marry the daughter of second. Then they would take a bottle of whiskey and they would drink it between them. After the marriage they would go off for a race on horse back to see who would be home first. Often one of them or one of horses would be killed.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. marriage (~4,283)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Scallan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dangan, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mrs Thomson

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   87

   Address

   Ballinrig, Co. Meath

2. Old Custom

   

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   There was marriage in a house near our house know now as Mulligan. The couple's name was -: Bessie Blake and Kit Quin

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