School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr Bertrand
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 159
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- (continued from previous page)grave - "the sheaf that is bound in the harvest will be loosed in the spring" - or they will always be badly off and full of cares and anxieties! No doubt, the original idea was that it was thriftless to marry at a season when all attention should be devoted to saving the crops.
It is very unlucky for the bridal party to meet a lame or squinting person; in some places red-haired people, or even a woman with a red petticoat or a red handkerchief on her head, would be considered an ill-omen to the happy pair! In County Cork, however, the girls at Shrovetide almost invariably invest in a new red flannel petticoat, which they wear going to Mass, market or fair, or indeed anywhere that a match is likely to be arranged for them!
May weddings are supposed to be unfortunate -"Marry in May,
Die of decay!"or,"Who weds in May weds poverty!"The Scotch version runs thus -"Married in May and kirked in green,
Baith bride and bridegroom winna long to be seen!"(continues on next page)
