School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 569

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 569

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
  2. XML Page 569
  3. XML “Local Marriage Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. I heard these things from my grandmother Bridget Carroll who lives in Ardnaree. She is 82 years of age and came from Banniconlon.
    Lucky and unlucky days for marriage.
    Monday for wealth.
    Tuesday for health.
    Wednesday the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses.
    Friday for crosses.
    Saturday no luck at all.
    May is considered an unlucky month for marriage.
    Marriages were generally made during Shrove Which ended on Shrove or Pancake Tuesday. The Monday before this was called "Chance" Monday because all the girls on the "look out" had still a chance before the Shrove finished.
    The Monday following was called "Puss Monday" because any girl who was on the marriage list did not get wed was supposed to have a puss.
    When the bride left her mother's home she did
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearse Carroll
    Gender
    Male