School: Doire Gualann (roll number 14979)
- Location:
- Derrygoolin North, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Tórpaigh
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- Marriages generally take place in this locality duriring Shrove but a great many get married on Shrove Tuesday which is the days before Ash Wednesday. There are some days of the week on which people do not like to marry namely Thursday Friday and Saturday they believe in the old saying
Monday for wealth
Tuesday for health
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday no day at all.
It is very seldom people get married in the months of Mary and August as those are called the Blessed Virgin's months: Matches are still made in our district and if a man has some money to spare he gives it to his daughter as a fortune. Sometimes cattle and(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Hayes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrygoolin South, Co. Galway