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School: St Columb's Moville

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 300

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    Local Marriage Customs
    Marriages take place around Easter usually before and after Lent and in the month of September. They take place frequently around Shrove and there is an old custom to eat pancakes then. You put a ring in a pancake and whoever gets the ring will be married first.
    The month of May is thought unlucky to be married in and Friday and Saturday the unlucky days. There is a verse said locally about the lucky and unlucky days to be married in.
    Monday for health
    Tuesday for wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    And saturday no luck at all
    Matches were made more frequently in olden days than
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gibson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal