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School: Baile Thomáis, Gabhailín (roll number 15407)

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Thomastown Demesne, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0577, Page 030

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  1. The Days

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    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for crosses,
    Friday for losses,
    And Saturday no luck at all.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Marriage

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    Wednesday is the luckiest day to get married.
    There is a verse about the colour to get married in.
    “Married in white you have chosen all right.
    Married in red you will wish yourself dead.
    Married in pink your spirits will sink.
    Married in black you will wish yourself back.
    Married in yellow you’re
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Nagle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Nagle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    51
    Address
    Ballinaclogh, Co. Tipperary