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School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

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Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 107

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    Weddings
    People get married at all times of the year. A lot of weddings take place before Lent starts. It is unlucky to get married in the month of May. Saturday is an unlucky day. They usually get married in churches. If anybody wants to get married quietly they get a licence and get married privately but it is not very often we hear of them doing so. Sometimes the bride dresses very beautifully long silky frock and a wreath of flowers round her hair and veil hanging down her
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English