School: Gowran (C.)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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- May is a very unlucky month for getting married. The reason why May is unlucky for getting married is it is a month devoted to the Blessed Virgin. One of the old customs were that the bride and bridegroom were not to look at each other until they were married.
- Collector
- Mary Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs E. Bourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny