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School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

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Rahan, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0370, Page 044

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    The people in this locality get married on Shrove Tuesday or during the harvest. People say it is unlucky to get married in May but that June is a lucky month they also say that Monday, Wednesday and Friday are unlucky days to get married on and that Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are lucky. There are some people who would not get married in a green or red wedding dress as they believe that is unlucky, but they say that blue, grey and white are lucky. It is an old saying that you should wear "Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, and Something blue. In the olden time stray boy's used to come round to houses of newly married couples and carry them away for a time and bring them back again, some straw boys come to the house for to dance and get something to eat and drink.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hetty Frankling
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Frankling
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork