School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- (continued from previous page)...are sure to be true
To get married in red you wish yourself dead
To get married in gray you will run far away
To get married in yellow you are ashamed of the fellow
To get married in green you are ashamed to be seen
People say Wednesday is the best day to get married, the rhyme is:-Monday for wealth
Tuesday for health
Wednesday is the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
And Saturday is no day at all. - There are other sayings connected with the week. they are slightly diffirent to the above ones, the ryhme is.Monday for health.
Tuesday for wealth.
Wednesday the best day of all.
Thursday for joy.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Phelan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois