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School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)

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Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 343

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    something blue. People throw old shoes after for luck. In olden times it was counted unlucky for to go to mass on the first Sunday or to go home for a month. It is very unlucky to get married in green.
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    August is said to be an unlucky month for marriage and there is an old saying the bundle that is tied in August is ripped in September.
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