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School: Baile Fionáin, Fearann Fuar (roll number 7990/1)

Location:
Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0459, Page 067

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    for getting married.
    A cloth cloak with a cape and a white lace bonnet was the usual suit the bride used to wear when getting married. Always the bride should borrow a garment from another girl and wear it on the day of her marriage.
    When the bride would be going out the door of her own house to get married her mother should hit her with an old shoe for luck.
    Green, black, and yellow, were the unlucky colours for getting married
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    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 Kirby
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Kirby
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garraun, Co. Kerry