School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 358
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The time particularly for marrying was from the 6th Jan. until the beginning of Lent which was called the Ranting season, this was the time when people got married. When thirteen are at (a) breakfast on a wedding morning it is unlucky. Some times a fortune of a cow and £20 was given to the person that was getting married. Long ago at a wedding the people used to have a march for a short distance. They always marched in couples. The usual colour for a bride was blue and grey and the bride wore a white veil and a hat, what the bride ought to wear.
Something borrowed and something blue, Something old and something new.
This is an old rhyme about marrying days.(continues on next page)
