School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Mór (B.) (roll number 16250)
- Location:
- Teampall Tuaithe, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Seán Ó Meadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses, and
Saturday no day at all.
Marry in May and you'll rue the day.
Local Marriage Customs
“In olden times there was a whole host of dos and don'ts for those who were about to marry...”
In olden times there was a whole host of do's and don'ts for those who were about to marry. First the bride was to make a large portion of her wedding attire, but she was on no account to make the bridel gown, and the girls who sewed it enclosed one of her hairs in the folds if she too, wished to be married soon after the wearer of the goun. When she was choosing her colour she was to remember to choose and wer:Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.White is the commonest colour which the bride wears nowadays. But green which is the fairies' colour was never worn, and they are supposed to punish (and) any mortal who dares(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tulach Mhic Shéamais, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- James Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Tulach Mhic Shéamais, Co. Thiobraid Árann
