School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 085
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- When a bride is getting married she is supposed to wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue." Two people should never get married in a church where there is a corpse, as it is unlucky. A bride should never go to her new home on a Friday. Two people should never get married in the month of May, as it is the holiest month of the year.
A bride should never get married in black, as she would be blind for all of her life. A bride or bridegroom, should never wear their marriage clothes before the day their marriage takes place. No person should be last coming from a church on a marriage day. They should all come in one crowd, and the bride and(continues on next page)
