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School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

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Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 22_006

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    1 The time of the year when most common for Marriages is Shrove.The day considered unlucky are Thursdays and Fridays and the month of May.Tell about any superstitions a brooch or any thing else like that would be stuck on the brides dress and she would not know of it ,and who ever would be the first at the house would live the longest.The bride used not dress in green because it was considered unlucky.The fortune given money nearly always given.They used to go in cares to the church because there no
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Fhógartaigh
    Gender
    Male