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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí

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Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
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An tSr. M. Olivia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 243

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    too, they take a poultice of herbs and leave it outside until morning and apply it before sunrise. The cure for a toothache was to go to the nearest graveyard and get the tooth out of a skull and rub it on the tooth three times.
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    In olden times people thought it unlucky to get married in May. They also believed it unlucky to get married on a Friday or on a Saturday. Wednesday was supposed to be very lucky. The bride very often wore something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
    Stock and corn were often given as fortunes, because in those days people
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corboghil, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mary Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Corboghil, Co. Roscommon