School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- Long ago there lived a man named Pat Smith. He was better known as Pat the matchmaker.
He was (better) a great talker and knew every family in the neighbourhood and was in great demand for bringing boys and girls together who were anxious to marry.
He would arrange a day to meet the boy and girl at his own home and also invite the father and mother
Then they would decide what fortune the girl would require and often the fortune was calculated in pig and fowl and cattle. But the matchmaker met his match one day. When a girl came(continues on next page)
