School: Knockjames

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Knockjames, Co. Clare
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  1. 12
    Marriage Customs.
    20 th December. 1937.
    Shrove is the time between the sixth of January and Ash Wednesday .This is the time when the "match making"and the marriages is going on in this part of the country.It means that if everything pleases the father of the girl who is going to be married she will be given a fortune according to the value of the mans land.If the people are not married in Shrove they get married on a Wednesday
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare