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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

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Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oiliféar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0152

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    3. Girls on their wedding morning have a custom that they must wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. The Saturday of the January fair is called match-making day. The most marriages are from that, until Shrobe [Shrove] Tuesday.
    The month of June is the best for marriages, because it is the month of the roses. An old saying about the day for a wedding is Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all,
    T[h]ursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no day at all.
    Got from
    Miss K Egan
    Church Hill
    Ballinasloe
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Miss K. Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Church Hill, Co. Galway