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School: Keeny

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Keeny, Co. Cavan
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E. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 484

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  1. Old Wedding Customs

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    Marriages long ago are Different from now a days. Long ago it was a great custom for a boy and girl to run away and not let their parents know anything anything about their intended marriages. Very often the girl would have to steal out of the house with her good clothes and leave them in some neighbour's house until she would be in the act of going away with her intended husband.
    Some would get married before they would leave their own parish. Others would go to Dublin, Belfast, England and Scotland and get married there.
    Marriages are different now a days. Parents of those intended to get married are consulted. They get their good will of their father or mother. If the boy expects a fortune he goes
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Terry Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corcashel, Co. Cavan