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School: Johnstown (roll number 877)

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Johnstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Miss H.C. Hickie
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 086

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    Local Marriage Customs
    1. Shrove usually but the custom is dying out.
    2. From Low Sunday to Advent except the month of May, which is supposed to be unlucky.
    3. March & November are supposed to be the two luckiest months in the year.
    About 70 years ago it was customary for people to get married in the parochial House.
    Brides were supposed to wear:-
    Something new
    Something borrowed
    Something blue for luck.
    Old shoes and rice are thrown at the newlyweds but lately confetti is taking the place of the rice.
    Collected from Miss Eliza Neill Oldtown, Navan.
    Aged 73 years, M. C. Hickie
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    H. C. Hickie
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Miss Eliza Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Oldtown, Co. Meath