School: Ceathrú na Leac (roll number 12273)
- Location:
- Carrownaleck, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)Often her mother handed her down her own spinning wheel and her own linens. Many girls had valuable crochet and sprigging worked by their grand-mother and mothers.A churn was often given for luck and a feather tick.The tongs, for luck, was flung on the heels of the party when leaving the bride's house; and an old shoe was tied on the side-car for luck.
Superstitions:-If the sun shone good omen
If first person met were a man - good omen
If two members of the same family got married same day or even the same year it brought bad luck to some of them.Often "swap" matches were made i.e. a brother and sister living together exchanged or two brothers, married two sisters and exchanged places.In this case the dowry was not questioned nor any bargaining done.Each girl just took her share with her.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Mary Small
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carraun, Co. Sligo
