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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 04_022

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    Long ago when the people used to be together in cuaird during Shrove ,they used to draw down about getting the son or daughter of that house married. They would ask the son or daughter would they take the person they had picked for them and they would say yes or no.
    Then the couple would go off of them and select a bit of land .The son would not see the girl he was going to get or the daughter would not see the man .Then they would kill a big pig for the wedding and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Devaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scalp, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Fanny Vaughan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Scalp, Co. Clare