School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr Bertrand
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 157
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- In the South of Ireland it is considered most unlucky for two sisters to be married on the same day: one or both are supposed to die before the year is out!
To marry a man whose surname begins with the same letter as one's own is also said to be a sign of misfortune for -"To change the name and not the letter,
Is a change for the worse and not for the better!"
On the other hand, it is deemed most fortunate to marry without changing one's names. Such people are supposed to have a cure for many diseases - bread or cakes baked by a woman whose maiden name was the same as that of her husband being considered a wonderful remedy for the whooping cough, or "the chin-cough," as old folks still call it. Even a visit to such a person is thought to be efficacious - almost equal to a touch from a man riding a pie-bald horse!
It is thought unlucky to be married on one's birthday, or the anniversary of the death of a near relative, and in Ireland, as in(continues on next page)
