School: Corduff (roll number 15650)
- Location:
- Corduff, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: E. Ó Duinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 166
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Local Marriage Customs.
To be married on,
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for crosses and
Saturday no day at all.
In this locality old boots and
streamers are tied to the wedding
car which is said to be lucky. As
the married couple leave the church
rice or confetti is thrown over them.
In the Parish of Rush, each year
about one hundred pounds is divided
between five girls married in the
month of May. Those girls must be
born and baptized in Rush, and must be aged between 21 and 32 years before the receive it. This money is called
the May-money.
Long ago a former baron of the
Palmer estate was out driving in
his coach. When he came to a
crossroad a group of boys and girls
were dancing. As he passed they
stopped dancing and saluted him.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Moira Weldon
- Gender
- Female
