School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Máire de Paor Dd. Allman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0415, Page 001
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- Fuarthas na Piseóga seo ó na páistí, Rang a IV, a V, a VI, a VII. bhailighdear ó dhaoine aosta na h-áite íad. Sgoil bliadhna '34-'35-'36. Marriage:-
I. If you slip entering the chapel door on the day you are getting married, 'tis a sign of bad luck.
II. If a girl wanted to have good luck during her marriage, she should wear a green dress for a week before she gets married.
III. Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child must work for its living,
Sunday's child on the Sabbath day,
Is always happy, and merry, and gay.
IV. If you are married in January, your home will lie on a foreign shore.
V. What's bound in The harvest is loosed in the Spring.
VI. If you meet with an accident on the day of your marriage, tis a sign of bad luck.
VII. What a girl should wear getting married:-
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, and Something blue.
VIII. A girl shouldn't wear green on the day of her marriage, as it is a sign of bad luck.(continues on next page)
