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School: Scoil N. Bríde, Kilmaine

Location:
Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Ghliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 049

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    A horse shoe hung over the door - opened side up - on day of marriage Good luck.
    People dream of the wedding-cake to see who would be husband or wife.
    Morning of the marriage the bride exchanges handkerchiefs with the sponser and the man with the best man.
    There should be no belt on the girls dress and only three buttons.
    The bridegroom should have a nail in the left heel of his boot and to keep a braid of his last hair cut.
    A black cat is lucky.
    A hourse shoe over a back door is lucky
    A primrose on the threshold on
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Meta Ní Ghlíosáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mac Ó Glíosáin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo