School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Máire de Paor Dd. Allman
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- (continued from previous page)A bride should never fit on her wedding ring before her marriage.
If a person not married wore another person's ring, she would die.
If you are inclined to overflow cups, tis a sign that you'll be married to a drunkard.
"Happy is the bride that the sun shines on".
If you were spilling water often, tis a sign that you'll be married to a drunkard.
Marry young and you're [?] young for ever.
You should always take a widow's advice if you asked her for advice.
The 7th son of a 7th son, is supposed to have the gift of curing.
If a girl is sleeping in a strange bed, and puts her shoes under it, she is supposed to dream of the man she'll marry.
After getting married, when you go home, the first thing you should do is to put your right leg on the threshold of the door.
If there were two spoons in the cup you'ld be drinking out of, or two knives or forks in your plate, tis a sign that you'ld be married twice.
If a man's clothes take fire, tis a sign that he is going be married.
If a woman's apron or skirt takes fire, tis a sign that she is going be married.
