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School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)

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Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 284

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    borrowed and something blue.
    Old people say that the best day of the week to get married in is Wednesday. The luck of the other days are as follows:- Monday for health.
    Tuesday for wealth.
    Wedensday for the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses.
    Friday for crosses.
    and Saturday for no luck at all.
    it is regarded as lucky for a person to put a garment on inside out on a their wedding day. On the way to the Church to be married people say that the bridegroom should go last and the bride first.
    Old persons say that Happy is the bride the sun shines on.
    And happy is the corpse the rain pours on.
    On St. John's night long ago when the bonfire was lit the men and boys would take
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eoin Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Catherine Madigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Michael Meaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanagolden, Co. Limerick