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Match Making

Abstract: Story collected by Mary J James, a student at Dún Flainn school (Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0169/2/29

 Dún Flainn [Vol. 0169, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Sligo Schools

COLLECTOR
James, Mary J 
Gender
female
Location
Farranyharpy (Townland) 
Skreen (Civil parish) 
Tireragh (Barony) 
Sligo (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Match Making  [duchas:4693641]

Match making is still carried on in this district. When a young man wants to get married he looks for a companion. First he asks one of his friends  to go to a certain girl's house and ask will she marry him. If she gives consent he accompanied by some of hie friends, goes to her house and settles the dowry with her father. That is - he names a certain sum that he will take and the father of intended bride named what he is prepared to give. Then by the intended groom coming down a little and the other going up a little they arrange, by the aid of friends, at an amount satisfactory to both parties
Then the wedding takes place.

Resource description

Origin information
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 093
Volume 0169
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Maolagáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Rites of passage--Deasghnátha aistrithe saoil
School location
Doonflin Upper Dún Fhlainn Uachtarach Doonflin Upper Skreen Tireragh Sligo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4713392
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0169/2/29

Suggested credit
"Match Making"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4713392>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Maolagáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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