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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 18_006

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    Most people get marriage during shrove. The old people though Monday and Saturday unlucky days to get married. They also believed shrove was the proper time to get married. The lucky days are Wednesday and Thursday. They said it was not lucky to be married in May and December. Now people get married at every part of the year except Lent and Advent. They have the wedding now in the house in which they are going to live. The people used to have the wedding
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male