Scoil: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (uimhir rolla 14673)

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1. Local Marriage Customs (ar lean)

   

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   Then they spend two or three days cooking and boiling hams and making cakes. If the sun shone brightly on the wedding day it was a sign that the married couple would live long and happy because "Happy is the bride that the sun shines on".
   Band-beggars visit the wedding feast. They are local fellows dressed in disguise. They are looking for money and drink. If they did not get this they cut harness on the groom's horse. So he had to take shank's mare home. It was lucky for the bride to wear something old, and something new, something borrowed, and something blue. July and May are months thought unlucky for marriage. Marry in July and you will be often hungry. Marry in May and you will rue the day. Marry in the harvest and you will be always busy and bare. Monday

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