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School: Nutgrove (roll number 10126)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 395

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    Marriages frequently take place locally during the months of June, September, October, and November, and during Shrove, and on Shrove Tuesday. August and May are supposed to be unlucky for marriage as the old people say "What is tied in the harvest is ripped in the Spring."
    The following is a rhyme about the days suitable for marriage.
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day at all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    and Saturday no day at all.
    It is considered unlucky for the bride to visit her own home within a month.
    The rich people get married in the church of some city and they have their breakfast in one of the large hotels. The fairly rich and the poor people are married in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbridge, Co. Limerick