School: Dangan (roll number 878)
- Location:
- An Daingean, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Brian Mag Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 166
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- In years gone by match-making was more common than now. A very old lady here told me many interesting stories of match-making that took place in her young days. No boy or girl ever got married without the match-maker's approval, very often this took place in markets and fairs.
Often one farmer would go into another farmer's house and there would be a bargain made between them that the son of the first would marry the daughter of second. Then they would take a bottle of whiskey and they would drink it between them. After the marriage they would go off for a race on horse back to see who would be home first. Often one of them or one of horses would be killed.
- Collector
- John Scallan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Daingean, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Mrs Thomson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Ballinrig, Co. na Mí
- There was marriage in a house near our house know now as Mulligan. The couple's name was -: Bessie Blake and Kit Quin(continues on next page)
