School: Sallybank
- Location:
- Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 189
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- Superstitions concerning marrigges
Whan a girl is getting married, she should wear something old and something new, something borrowed something blue. The girl should go to the church to be married in the last car and go to her new home in the first. After the marriage the girl should not go back to her own home, nor the bride's parents should not go to the marriage, if they did the bride would have no luck. When the married couple are going into the car a shoe used to be thrown after them and rice also. When a person it is said to marry on Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday no luck at all
The matcher is supposed to go on horseback and to carry a stick(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Christopher Fennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Cloghera, Co. Clare
