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School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)

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Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 275

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    agreement and happiness. They used to go to get married on a bicycle built for two. There is an old song which says. "It wont be a stylish marriage for we cannot afford a carriage but we'll look so neat, going along the street on a bicycle built for two".
    There is a rhyme too connected with the colour of the dress which the bride should wear on her wedding day :-
    "Married in red, you' ll wish yourself dead.
    Married in grey, you'll live far away.
    Married in brown, you'll live out of town.
    Married in pink, your spirits will sink.
    Married in blue, he's sure to be true."
    Another old rhyme often quoted in our district says
    that the bride should always wear
    "Something old, something new,
    Something borrowed, something blue".
    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
    Mina Dickson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan