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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 314

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Pósaithe

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)

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Collector
Brighid Ní Fhlathaigh
Gender
female
Address
Caherblonick South, Co. Clare
Informant
Mrs Mc Gann
Gender
female
Age
75
Address
Caherblonick South, Co. Clare
Language
English

Pósaithe

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)

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Pósaithe

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)

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