School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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- XML “Local Marriage Customs”
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- marriages mostly take place between Christmas and Ash Wednesday. They are in a hurry before lent.There is a rhyme which describes the lucky and unlucky days to get married –Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday for nothing at allThere is no particular belief about shrove Tuesday in this district. The bride to be usually gets money as a dowry.About this district there is nobody who remembers any marriages taken place in this district outside the church.It was a custom for the bride-to-be to wear –Something old
Something new
Something borrowed
and something blue.It was a custom for the man and woman to run away from a friends house. Somebody went then and told the bride-to-be’s father and he went and brought(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Egglybane, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John James Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Egglybane, Co. Donegal