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School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

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Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
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Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 007

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  1. Marriage Customs (continued)

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    Married in black will wish yourself back,
    Married in Red you wish you were dead,
    Married in Brown will live out of town,
    Married in pink will turn to drink.
    The people beleived in lucky and unlucky days of the week. Wednesday is believed to be luckiest day of the week for marriages. Saturday is said to be the unluckiest day of the week for marriages, thus we have the following rhyme :-
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    And Saturday is no day at all.
    Before the marriage is celebrated the time is settled with the priest. When the day of the wedding comes there is great joy in the homes of the people who are to be married. Cars come to their homes and take them to the Church.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Morrissey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect West, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Morrissey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prospect West, Co. Tipperary