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School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

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Faugher, Co. Donegal
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Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 358

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    They used to make matches and sometimes the bride only saw the bridegroom once before the marriage and she wouldn't know him.
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  2. Pósaithe

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    The time particularly for marrying was from the 6th Jan. until the beginning of Lent which was called the Ranting season, this was the time when people got married. When thirteen are at (a) breakfast on a wedding morning it is unlucky. Some times a fortune of a cow and £20 was given to the person that was getting married. Long ago at a wedding the people used to have a march for a short distance. They always marched in couples. The usual colour for a bride was blue and grey and the bride wore a white veil and a hat, what the bride ought to wear.
    Something borrowed and something blue, Something old and something new.
    This is an old rhyme about marrying days.
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      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alphonsus Crossan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Crossan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal