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School: Templeglantine (B.) (roll number 2359)

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Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 009

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    Local Marriage Customs
    Most marriages carried on locally take place between Christmas and Lent, this period is called Shrove. Tuesdays are counted lucky days for marriages but it is said that Fridays are not. June is said to be a lucky month for marriages.
    There is a belief that a person getting married should, on the day of the marriage, "wear something old and something new, somethng borrowed and something blue". It is said to be lucky to see the sun shining in the sky. There is an old saying, "Lucky is the bride that the sun shines upon".
    In olden times, stock and furniture and house-hold goods used to be given to a girl getting married, and it was known in my townland to have
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dáthaí Ó Cathail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inchabaun, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Cathail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inchabaun, Co. Limerick