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School: N. Seosamh, Cill Lasrach (roll number 16289)

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Killasser, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S. Mac Carrghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 141

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    her husband. A piece of burned coal (presumably a dead coal) together with a grain of salt was sewn into the linings of the groom's garment to bring luck.
    14. If an uneducated person at a marriage ceremony and if at a certain point of the ceremony this person tries to knot on a silk handkerchief, there will be no family.
    15 Snow is lucky for a marriage to free the traveller's track.
    And happy is the bride that the sun shined on.
    Happy is the corpse that it rains on.
    It is supposed to be lucky to be married on a sunny day while ill luck will fall on those who are married on a wet day.
    Those who are buried on a wetr day are supposed to go straight to heaven.
    The person that gets the first kiss from the bride will be very lucky.
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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. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Joseph P. Caron
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Anthony Gavagan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    Cloonfinish, Co. Mayo