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School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)

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Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 023

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  1. Marriage Customs (continued)

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    Here is an old custom of long ago. When a marriage was taking place in a church the bride and groom went on horseback and whichever got home first would live the longest.
    When a bride is getting married she wears,
    Something old
    Something new
    Something borrowed
    And Something blue
    Here is an old superstition connected with the bride's dress.
    Married in blue your love your love will come true
    Married in green you're ashamed to be seen
    Married in yellow you're ashamed of the fellow
    Married in red you will wish yourself dead
    Married in black you will wish yourself back
    Married in brown you will live in the town
    Teresa Caslin 31st March 1938
    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
    Teresa Caslin
    Gender
    Female