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School: Milford (roll number 10586)

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Millford, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
James Mc Veigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 058

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    After a wedding there is always a great big feast.
    It was always a custom to have the feast at the bride's father's home but nowadays to have little bother people mostly go to a restaurant or hotel and have the feast there.
    My mother told me this rhyme about marriages.
    "Monday for wealth,
    Tuesday for health,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for crosses,
    Friday for losses,
    Saturday no luck at all."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Glenn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Frank Glenn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal