School: Cormeen (roll number 6821)
- Location:
- Cormeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Anna Leary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)wanted to marry a girl to go to the girl's home and bring a neighbour man with him to make the match and very often a bottle of whiskey. The sum of money she was to get was fixed and it was given to the groom on the wedding morning before they were married. Sometimes a cow was given others times an acre of land. It was also a custom for a bride to get a new bed home with her to her new home.
They had some sayings which they observed about the days they were married on such as. - Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for Crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no day at all.
They had certain clothes which they wore -
Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.
Marry in May you'll rue the day.
A blue bride is a rue bride.
- Collector
- Ellie Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr Samuel Armstrong
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
