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School: N. Peadair, Caisleán an Bharraigh (roll number 13787)

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Carrowbrinoge, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089, Page 513

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    Long ago people generally uset get married from after the Christmas up until Ash Wednesday.
    The luckiest time of the year that people used get married long ago uset be on Wednesday's and Sunday's and the unluckiest days were on Tuesdays and Fridays. When the marriege would be over the people who would have got married would jump over the twig three times so as to have luck during their life.
    The fortune that a girl would get in olden times was a cow and about £30 0s 0d. The night after they getting married they uset have a wedding and all the people that uset not be asked to the wedding from all about the place used dres themselves up on old ragged
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigdie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lenanasillagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Cawley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lenanasillagh, Co. Mayo