School: Raharoon, Droichead Banndan (roll number 12921)
- Location:
- Ratharoon West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 220
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- (continued from previous page)Wednesday's child is full of woe
Thursday's child has far to go
Friday's child is loving and giving
Saturday's child must work hard for its living
But a child who is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and happy and bright and gay
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are unlucky days
"Marry in May
You'll rue the day"
Another saying goes.
"When you are getting married tell the world.
When you are buying land don't tell the ground."
It is considered unlucky to wear green on a wedding day.
If a bride wears pearls, she will shed a tear for every pearl she wears.
She should wear "something old, and something new
Something borrowed and something blue"
A bride should not alter her dress, it is unlucky
It is unlucky to fit on the dress before the wedding day.
It is unlucky for a wedding to meet a funeral.
If you slipped going up steps to a church you would be married before the year is out:
It is unlucky to be a bride's maid three times in(continues on next page)
