School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Ambrose Madders
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    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    Saturday no day at all
    Most of the people in my district get married on a Wednesday because it is said that it is the luckiest. The two people getting married get money. The father of the bride gives the bride money and this is called her fortune. On the day of the wedding the bride and the husband go on their honeymoon to Dublin or Mt Melleray or some other place.
    When they come back they have an all night dance. They go on their honeymoon in a motor-car and ribbons streaming from the motor-car and a shoe tied behind.
    Told by John Keane age 58 Ross Kilmeaden to
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The Holy Family
    Michael Keane Ross Kilmeaden Co. Waterford. One day two men were setting corn and while they were setting Mary St Joseph and Our Lord passed that way. They were hunted by the soldiers and they were making their way to the land of Egypt. When they were passing they saw two men setting corn and they asked a
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          1. the Holy Family (~429)
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    English
    Collector
    Michael Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    John Keane
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford