School: Béal Átha Gearr

Location:
Ballygar, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0206

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  2. 1) When a bride and bridegroom are coming home from the marriage ceremony they kneel at the door and an old person breaks an oaten cake over their heads.
    2) It is a custom when people are getting married to have a married woman in the bridegrooms car and a single girl in the brides car and each of these must have something new.
    3) There is a piece of the wedding cake placed under the bride's ring so that when she dreams her dream will come true.
    4) When the soot falls down the chimney it is a sign of bad weather.
    5) When we see the smoke going straight into the air it is a sign of good weather.
    6) If a crow is flying high in the sky it is a sign of good weather but if he is flying low it is an opposite sign.
    7) Another sign of bad weather is to see a dog eating grass.
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