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School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)

Location:
Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 227

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    always a sergeant and captin to keep control. They wore tall straw hats and shirts.
    Long ago the people would like to get married on a sunny day because there was a saying "Happy is the bride that the sun shines on, and flowers will strew her way." It was also a custom for the bride to wear
    "Something old, and something new.
    "Something borrowed, and something blue.
    Something given by another
    Luckiest if the gift of lover."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Rooney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim