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School: Móta Ghráinne Óige

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Woodlawn, Co. Galway
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Eibhlís Ní Innse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0244

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    This is a rhyme about marriage,
    Monday for Health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for crosses,
    Friday for losses,
    Saturday no day at all.
    Something old something new
    Something borrowed and something blue
    Married in blue and you love will be true
    Married in green not fit to be seen
    Married in yellow ashamed of the fellow
    Married in grey and you will sail far away
    Married in brown and you will live near a town
    Married in black and you will wish yourself back
    Marriage was a very important function in olden times and there was great work to be done in preparation for it. First of all the Priest published the banns on three successive Sundays so that the people would be able to talk over the match and tell the Priest if they knew any reason why the couple
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English