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School: Cill Uachtair

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Highwood, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 251

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    Marriage Customs
    Most marriages take place in this district during aeraft, that is, from the sixth of January to Ash-Wednesday. The month of May is thought unlucky for marriages and Tuesday and Saturday are also thought unlucky. But that is only superstition because there is no such thing as luck. God has laid out everybody's life. The people say it is unlucky to get married on a wet day and that it is happy for the bride that the sun shines on.
    Nobody living in this district remembers marriages taking place in the houses. It was a common thing up to a hundred years ago.
    The people practise many customs on the day of the marriage. Somebody throws rice or old shoes at a newly married
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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
    Máire Ní Dhuibhne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Highwood, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John J. Devine
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Highwood, Co. Sligo