School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 464
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua
- XML Page 464
- XML “Local Roads”
- XML “Folklore - Local Marriage Customs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Folklore
Local Marriage Customs The marriages in my locality usually take place in the summer months, but many marriages take place on Shrove Tuesday in this Parish. Many people prefer to get married in the month of January because it is supposed to be a lucky month for that purpose. The month of May is supposed to be an unlucky month to get married in. Wednesday is supposed to be a good day for a marriage and people say that if two people get married on a Tuesday they will be wealthy for the rest of their lives. Saturday is looked upon as very unlucky day for a wedding. Matches are generally made for a few months(continues on next page)
