School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. When two get married it is supposed that the bride borrows some garment to wear. She should not go to her own home for a month after getting married.

    Collected by: Brighid Ní Fhlathaigh, Whitemount.
    Told by: Mrs. Mc Gann, Whitemount.
    (75 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Ní Fhlathaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caherblonick South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Gann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Caherblonick South, Co. Clare
  2. When a girl is getting married she is supposed to borrow something to wear. There is an old rhyme about it.
    Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
    Collected by: Nora Ní Chasadaigh, Ballycashen,
    Told by: Mrs. Cassidy, Ballycashen, (her mother)
    (52 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. When a girl is getting married she borrows three things, something new, something old, something blue.
    Collected by: Thomas Whelan, Lemeneigh,
    Told by: Mrs. Whelan, Lemeneigh (his grandmother)
    (81 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.