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School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

Location:
Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 18_013

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    The old Irish people generally married from New Years to Lent, in which there were lucky and unlucky days. They say yet the word. "Monday for helth, Tuesday for welth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses and Saturday is no day at all". When the groom is going to ask a bride he takes with him another man and plenty of whiskey. When they ask the bride they put round the (whl) whiskey and everyone gets drunk. After a few days they go to the church to get married with their followers on horse back. When they get married the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Breisláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenties, Co. Donegal