School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)

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1. A Story - Scian na Muice (continued)

   

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   so he left her there with the knife stuck in her neck. Next morning he came to the place. But all he could find was his own pocket knife on the side of the road. He tried to take it up but it was clung to the road. It was to be seen there for a long time. The place where it was, is now called Scian na Muice which means the knife of the pig. This story tells us how it got that name.

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2. Marriage Customs

   

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   The unlucky days of the week are Monday, Wednesday and Friday and people say that if the man and woman after getting married enter their house when the fire is lighting that is a sign of good luck for the rest of their lives.
   If they enter when the fire is not lighting that is a sign of bad luck.
   It is a custom to have the girl wear as a rhyme says, "Something old, and something new, something borrowed and something blue."

   

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