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School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

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Aghnashalvy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 122

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    Marriages for a number of years past have been more frequent about Shrove Tuesday than at any other time of the year and whether this is because it is so near the beginning of Lent or not and that persons put it off I cannot say for certain but this is certain enough that people regard the month of May as rather unlucky to get married in. There was an old saying I often heard of, marry in May you die of decay.
    Again people like to select the day of the week on which to arrange a wedding and in this
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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
    Teresa Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryleedigan (Jackson), Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Hugh Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Derryleedigan (Jackson), Co. Monaghan