School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 03_012
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- Long ago a match might be drawn down at a fair and if consent was given the match would take place in two days after. No hand would be walked or nothing and the boy or girl would know nothing nothing about it oftentimes until the day before and they should give consent.
They were often in courd when when they would draw down the match and all was settled and in two or three days after they would drive off to the chapel in a common car sitting on a bay of hay. The night before(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Chorra
- Other names
- Cáit Ní Chorra
- Kate Corry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Thomas Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
