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School: Kildangan (C.) (roll number 2292)

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Cill Daingin, Co. Chill Dara
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Máire Ní Dhonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 142

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  1. Marriage Customs in Ireland Long Ago (continued)

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    day of the week except Wednesday or Friday.
    When people were getting married they would not wear green, they said it was an unlucky colour. The principal colors worn was blue and white.
    After the wedding the couple went to Dublin or some other big city for their honey-moon.
    Taken from Bridie Carroll, Kildangan, Co Kildare.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Marriage Customs in Ireland Long Ago

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    There are old sayings about the colors in which you get married - Married in red you will wish yourself dead.
    Married in black and you will wish yourself back.
    Married in gray you will go far away.
    Married in brown you will live in a town.
    Married in green ashamed to be seen.
    Married in white you have chosen right.
    Married in blue your love will be true.
    Married in yellow ashamed of the fellow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. pósadh (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill Daingin, Co. Chill Dara