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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 96

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  1. Marriage Lore (continued)

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    12. Choose, if possible, a time when the moon is in full, to be married and remember the old rhyme:
    "Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for crosses,
    Friday for losses,
    And Saturday no day at all."
    13. A thunder-storm during the ceremony means quarrels, but if the sun breaks out on the way home the quarrels will not be serious ones.
    14. On they way to the Church it is a very good omen to see- a lamb, or a dove.
    15. If the couple are going to set up housekeeping in a new house, a piece of silver should be put on the door sill, and if a friend can induce a hen to cackle in the house before they enter, it is so much the better for them.
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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
    Kathleen Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lowpark, Co. Mayo