School: Hanly Memorial Castlerea (roll number 1086)
- Location:
- Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Br. Seosamh
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- Beliefs about Marriage!
Old people in this district had beliefs with regard to lucky days and unlucky days for "Marriage"
Mondays and Thursdays were lucky days to get married. September is or was the luckiest month: May was the unlucky month and Friday the unlucky day! "Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for Health;
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for Losses,
Friday for Crosses.
And Saturday - no day at all."- Collector
- Seán Cribbin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlerea, Co. Roscommon