School: Réidh Ghlas (roll number 14853)
- Location:
- Knockardtry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 367
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- (continued from previous page)or woman was not getting married they would be put in the Schelig's list Schelig is a rock outside Kerry and many songs are made about the people that are not getting married there. There is a local song about a person that did not get married. The married pair do not go to mass the first Sunday and they they go to see their own people on the second sunday.Monday for Health
And Tuesday for wealth
And Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for crosses
And Friday for losses
And Saturday is no day at all.John Harnett of Dromtrasna, Co Limerick was married seven times and his last wife died also. The bride gets alot of presents from the people when she is getting married. After the marriage the people go on their honeymoon to Killarney or Dublin.
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- Tim Donovan
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