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School: Oram (roll number 8496)

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Oram, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. McMahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 367

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    Long ago when people would be getting married their fathers would make "matches" for them. Sometimes they would meet in town and say to one an other My son would suit your daughter," but perhaps before they would leave it they would have the match made. Maybe one never saw the other until the day of the wedding Often money was given to the bride as a "fortune". Sometimes she got cattle and sometimes land. There are some days which people count unlucky to get married and some lucky. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the unlucky days and Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are the lucky days. There was an old rhyme which said "Monday for health Tuesday for wealth Wednesday the best day of all Thursday for losses Friday for crosses and Saturday the worse day of all.
    After the wedding there was
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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
    Michael Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oram, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Miss Mary Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Oram, Co. Monaghan