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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
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L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 015

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    Local Marrage Customs
    Notes from Mrs. Doran age 58
    Ballyadam, Kilmuckridge
    "Love matches" just like silk stockings & powder puffs seem to be well established in this part of the Country now, but not so was the story that could be told of years ago when matches & marriages were made not in Heaven but by some local genius well verified in the subtle craft of making up weddings. There were two or three very well known mediators in the marriage market in this area, and it is said that their services were not so or gratuitous as their partner to the high contracting parties
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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
    Informant
    Mrs Doran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballyadam, Co. Wexford