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School: Lough Arrow

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Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 122

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    The days to get married on
    The old people always thought it was lucky to get married during Shrove. They had a poem of the days to get marrie don. "Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth and Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses and Saturday no day at all."
    What the bride had to wear.
    The bride would be lucky if she wore when getting married, "something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue".
    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
    Collector
    Maureen Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynary, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Ballynary, Co. Sligo