School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr Bertrand
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 160
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- (continued from previous page)The Highlands Shores the Irish belief that the fairies are particularly active and malevolent in the "eerie" month of May, and as green is their colour, a wedding dress of this hue is supposed to increase their animosity.
An old rhyme gives the superstitions attaching to the colour of the wedding garments.
"Married in white,
you have chosen all right;
Married in blue,
your love will be true;
Married in grey,
you'll go far away;
Married in brown,
you'll live in the town;
Married in green,
Ashamed to be seen;
Married in yellow,
ashamed of the fellow;
Married in pearl,
you'll live in a whirl;
Married in black,
you'll wish yourself back;
Married in pink,
your spirits will sink;
Married in red,(continues on next page)
