MATCH MAKING IN ULSTER
The Lister man is foot rapid in loveinakMig. Gmrtsh'ps extending over 10, 15, even 20 years, are not uncommon among the people, but frequently marriages arc made up by tho fiiends nnd relations of tho contracting parties. "I'm sayin', Joe, will ye tak' our Susy ?" was tho opening 1 chapter of a little romauco which ended very happily not long since. Or the young man's mother goes a-covt-ing for him, and, as in a case which occurred not rrany months a urn, oomes home ttnn tells her son. "Go up ti" AUic (Alexander) 's; I've axed his Ellen for ye, an' she'll tak 1 ye." "But I'm no" wantiu' Ellen, an' I've no' thought to change my life," quoth tho reluctant B waiu. "Man, dear, ye maun go up. I've axed the wee cutty (l'ttle girl), an' yell no' nhame her an' me," said tho mother. The youth looked perplexed, rubbed his curly head, then rose tohisfeet, and said sheepishly, "I sup* pose I'd better be goin'. I'm no' sain' but I'll tak' her." In a month they were married. " An 1 tho never a word o' courtin' there wa.s at all," said the prond mother, as she told the tale.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2128, 27 February 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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205MATCH MAKING IN ULSTER Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2128, 27 February 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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