School: Danescastle
- Location:
- Danescastle, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Loinghsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0875, Page 012
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- (continued from previous page)to receive special attention irrespective of their standing or position locally.
Of late years it is a custom that is very much resented and has on ocasion led to minor breaches of the peace.
The origin of the custom may have been a desire on the part of the community to secure earlier marriages and to show their disapproval of the batchelor who was too selfish and too careful to chance life with a partner.
