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School: Ballyboghill

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Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
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P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 390

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    and many friends are invited. Sometimes when a widow or widower is getting married the young men of the district get old horns and drain pipes and blow them outside the house where the wedding feast is taking place. This annoys the married couple very much.
    It is unlucky to married in the month of May. There is an old saying ‘Marry in May and you will rue the day’.
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    It is considered lucky or unlucky as the case may be to be married in certain coloured clothes. There is an old saying “Marry in grey and you will rue the day”
    When the marriage is over the married pair are coming out nice and confetti are
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murragh, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Herd's wife
    Address
    Murragh, Co. Dublin