School: Collon (roll number 14579)

Location:: Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:: Bean Uí Mhathúna

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and break it on the step of the door, this was supposed to bring the bride and bridegroom luck.
An old saying is, when a girl is getting married-

Change the mame and not the letter,
Change for worse, and not for better.

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“A time at which marriages most frequently take place is during Shrove.”

A time which marriages most frequently take place is during Shrove.
During the month of May, or on a saturday is counted unlucky for a wedding, also an old saying that "unlucky is the bride that the rain falls on."

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