School: Radharc an Locha (roll number 14488)
- Location:
- Lake View, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 025
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- (continued from previous page)Something old,
Something new
Something borrowed,
Something blue
There are old sayings about the way the bride is dressed.
"Married in blue, your love is true
"Married in green, ashamed to be seen
"Married in brown, you'll live in a town
"Married in grey, you'll go far away.
"Married in red, you'll wish yourself dead.
"Married in white, you have chosen right.
"Married in black, you wish yourself back
"Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow.
One of the customs is the cutting of the wedding cake, which is divided into pieces, and put through the brides ring, for the purpose of dreaming upon.(continues on next page)
