School: An Clochar, Banada (roll number 11887)

Location:
Banada, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr M. de Lellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 144

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  1. It was believed that there were certain days unlucky for marriages - Saturdays, Sundays, Shrove Tuesday, November's Day, Christmas Day, and the day of a full moon. It was unlucky for (meet) the bride and bridegroom to meet each other on the morning of the marriage - before meeting in the Church. It was believed that if the bride stumbled or fell she would have bad luck or if either of them sneezed during the ceremony that the fairies
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Banada, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mathew Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Banada, Co. Sligo