School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 096
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- (continued from previous page)cake which is called a "bride's cake" for this occasion. After the breakfast the married couple and some friends go for a drive in cars or go to the city. When they come home that night they have a dance and the next day they leave for their own new home. It is supposed to be unlucky for the bride to come back to her old home before a months time. There is generally another dance after a month.
There is an old rhyme about colours for getting married in, it is-
Married in blur,
You'll always be true,
Married in white,
You've chosen aright,
Married in black,
You'll wish yourself back,
Married in brown,
You'll live out of the tow,
Married in grey,
You'll go far away,
Married in red,
You'll wish yourself dead,
Married in green,
Your not fit to be seen,
Married in yellow,
You're ashamed of the fellow.
It is supposed to be lucky to get married in - Something old, and something new, Something borrowed and something(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Demailestown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Demailestown, Co. Meath
