School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    day, married in pink your spirits will sink, married in white you have chosen alright.
    If a person is married on Monday it is for health. Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses and Satuarday no luck atall.
    Matches were all made in this district long-ago and people used to get animals as fortunes.
    Some hundred years ago the people used to get married in their houses.
    Long-ago the wedding feast used to be held
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lahert
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Denis Lahert
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny