School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)
- Location:
- Blackwater, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 076
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- (continued from previous page)always carried over the threshold if this was not done he would have much ill luck. On the feasting days the people who were not asked to the wedding dressed themselves up such as turn their clothes inside out and cover their faces and danced with the Bride.The month of May was kept by the old people as the unluckiest month in the year for marriages to occur. The unlucky days are Fridays and Saturdays and the lucky days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays and most marriages were held on those days.
