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School: Edenmore, Ballinamuck (roll number 14584)

Location:
Edenmore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Réid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 019

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    or money and when the would get either they would go off cheering and singing. Fortunes were given by the wive's to the husbands, and also goods were given, such as beds and clothes were given as a dowry. Marriage customs long ago you may see were because there were no motor-cars or bicycles, so horses and carts were the only means they had for going to place so this ends the marriages.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Aghamore Lower, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Aghamore Lower, Co. Longford