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School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)

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Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 110

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    they composed a little rhyme which is:- Monday for health Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day at all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday no day at all. They also say that June is the best and the luckiest month of the year to get married. A couple of days before the marriage the man in which is getting married sends a man to the house of the girl which he intends to marry to ask her. If the girl is let marry him the man takes out a bottle of whiskey and everyone in the house
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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
    Eileen Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlestrange, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Mannion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cooly, Co. Roscommon