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School: An Páirtín

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Parteen, Co. Clare
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Ciarán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 467

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    When people are in bed at night young men and boys would put hay and straw down the chimney so as to get money. Nowadays marriages are contracted different people get married the week before Shrove, but most people wait until Shrove Tuesday. There were a good many marriages this year. People do not have as much sport now as in former times, the backs of the pair that would be getting married used to be chalked, but now those games are done away with. Bags of oats or straw or a cow would also be given instead of a fortune
    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
    Collector
    Tilda O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male