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School: Mercy Convent, Belturbet

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0971, Page 159

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    About 60 years ago the custom in the country in the country regarding marriage was that every man who reached a marriagable age, which was about 30 or 35 years of age and who was in need of a wife would set about looking for one to suit, by bringing the local "matchmaker" on an appointed night, to a house where there was a girl likely to suit. In most cases they took a bottle of Whiskey to treat the old people of the house. After being made welcome by the old people the "match-maker" introduced the subject to the parent's and then the young couple conversed together.
    After the question of the fortune had been decided and the day fixed for the wedding the "match-maker" and the young man went home.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerty Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kildallan, Co. Cavan