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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 143

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    The people of this district were fond of carrying out old marriage customs. They only got married on certain days of the week because they had a saying, Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no day at all.
    When the wedding was over the bride used to get on the horse with her husband and they used to gallop home. When they reached the gate of his house the bridegroom lifted the bride off the horse and carried her into the house.
    If they got married on shrove-Tuesday the bride had to eat six pancakes for her supper.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marcella Keogh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Westmeath