School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)
- Location:
- Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Beirn

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 08_019
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- It is supposed that June is a lucky month to get married because it is "the month of roses".
On the wedding day the bride must wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
When the bride returns home an old woman is inside the door and she throws a loaf after her so that she would never be short of bread. The bride is forbidden to return to her home until she was married a month.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maighréad Ní Fhathaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Lane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Lavallyconor, Co. Galway