Absolutely, Mick! In our family the Aughneys owned all the suits, and that's why the Cummins decided to marry into their family! Ha! Seriously, if you spend any time reading the parish registers, it is very easy to figure out who those people were who were always available to "stand in" - professionals they were almost. Usually, there is not a blood relationship, or it is just coincidental. -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of michael purcell Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:22 PM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Nolans & Kinsellas Good story Anna, I have heard of that before and indeed it might help explain why we see so much repetition of some names of people acting as Sponsors for Weddings and Baptisms ...! ( Sue Clement take note )..... plus the Witnesses / Sponsors usually got a good meal and a few drinks on the day for free ! ......

or a handy neighbour living beside the church !....I know that was often the case in Killeshin parish.... On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Sue Clement <sneirish@comcast.net> wrote: > Absolutely, Mick! In our family the Aughneys owned all the suits, and > that's > why the Cummins decided to marry into their family! Ha! > Seriously, if you spend any time reading the parish registers, it is very > easy to figure out who those people were who were always available to > "stand > in" - professionals they were almost. Usually, there is not a blood > relationship, or it is just coincidental. > > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of michael purcell > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 2:22 PM > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Nolans & Kinsellas > > Good story Anna, > I have heard of that before and indeed it might help explain why we see so > much repetition of some names of people acting as Sponsors for Weddings and > Baptisms ...! ( Sue Clement take note )..... plus the Witnesses / Sponsors > usually got a good meal and a few drinks on the day for free ! ...... > > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe > to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >