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School: Doohamlet

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Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 338

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Local Marriage Customs
    Some people count Shrove Tuesday as the luckiest day of the whole year, to get married. The Unlucky days are, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The unluckiest month is May. It is said that a May bride has always a tear in her eye, or marry in May and you will rue the day.
    As the old rhyme says:-
    Monday for (the) health,
    Tuesday for Wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses,
    And Saturday no day at all.
    A man that is going to get married and wants money as a dowry, goes to his intended's house accompanied with another man and takes a bottle of whiskey. He treats all in the house and he asks the parents for the girl. If the parents are well pleased with the man he gets the girl for a wife.
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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
    Kathleen Mc Adam
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Tattyreagh South, Co. Monaghan