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School: Naas (Mercy Convent) (roll number 15040)

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Naas, Co. Kildare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 389

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  1. Marriage Customs and Signs (continued)

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    Wednesday and Friday are also considered lucky days
    People in this locality do not remember marriages having taken place in houses.
    Stock is not given as a wedding gift but money and furniture are given as a rule.
    It is a custom here for the wedding feast to be held after the marriage in a house or hotel, - after which is the honeymoon.
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  2. Marriage Customs and Signs

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    Wednesday and Friday are also considered lucky days
    People in this locality do not remember marriages having taken place in houses
    Stock is not given as a wedding gift but money and furniture are given as a rule.
    It is a custom here for the wedding guest to be held after the marriage in a house or hotel- after which is the honeymoon
    It is lucky to get married during shrove or halloween. The month of june is also considered lucky, but may is downright unlucky. There are also superstitions about the day on which one is married, for instances
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for loses
    friday for crosses
    but saturday no luck at all
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Stafford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Calliaghstown Lower, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Cecilia Stafford
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Calliaghstown Lower, Co. Dublin