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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 05_009

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    preferred the sunshine and said happy is the marriage that the sun shines on." They had several marks for good and bad luck. If the car in which the bride and bride-groom were broke down it would be considered very unlucky. They considered it lucky to wear "something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue."
    It happened on one occasion not far from here that a bride and bridegroom were crossing a deep river on horse-back after their marriage. The horse bolted in the middle of the
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    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
    Imelda Murray
    Gender
    Female