School: Garrowhill, Longford (roll number 10344)
- Location:
- Garrowhill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Mac Aonghusa
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- (continued from previous page)some of the blood got on his breast and is the reason why the robin get the red breast.
- Most marriages take place after Christmas in January or in Feburay in my district. I never heard of Shrove tuesday or of any matches made about my district. They only customs that I know of is that they old people say it is unlucky to get married of a saturday or of a Friday, there is an old rhyme about it. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wensday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, and Friday for crosses, and saturday is no day at all. They next custom that I heard of is that the old people used to (say) do is, they to peg rice they two who are getting married, they used to tie an old boot to the black of the car of whatever the were in.
- Collector
- Tom Toher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghareagh, Co. Longford
