School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0326
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“It is customary that the people who are being married go to the church to be married there but in olden times the priest used to go to the house and marry them there . . .”
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“Marriage is the greatest event of ones life . . .”
Marriage is the greatest event of one's life, there are a great many superstitions connected with it. There are lucky and unlucky days,
"Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses and Saturday no luck at all".
Some do not like to marry in Lent as they say,
"Marry in Lent and you are sure to repent" or, "Marry in haste and repent at leisure." The June bride is the luckiest bride, June is the month of roses.May Eve is a most unlucky marriage day, and pale blue and white is unfortunate for a wedding gown. Grey or brown brings luck to the bride. It is lucky to get the loan of something, to wear, "something old and something(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway