School: Baile an tSratha (roll number 17014)

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1. Marriage Customs

   

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   Before Lent and in the Summer are the principal times for marriages in this parish. Many old customs are carried out during these times. It is the custom for a bride to wear “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.” Another custom is for a bride to wear a green garter. Monday and Saturday are said to be very unlucky days to get married on. May is said to be a very unlucky month. “Married in May you will surely rue the day.” It is considered unlucky for a br persons wedding day to be wet. It is considered unlucky for the bride if it is a wet morning and it is considered unlucky for the bridegroom if it is a wet evening. A bride should not see her husband on her wedding morning until she sees him in the Church. A bride should leave by the front door of her house.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. marriage (~4,283)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Langan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballintra, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs C Langan

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Address

   Ballintra, Co. Donegal