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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Shrove begins after Little Christmas and lasts until Ash Wednesday. Shrove is a lucky time for getting married. The unlucky months for getting married are May, August, September and October and the unlucky days are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. There is a rhyme connected to this which goes as follows :
    Monday for wealth,
    Tuesday for health.
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    and Saturday no luck at all.
    People matchmake around this locality. The old custom was to go to the home of the girl ask the parents consent to the marriage. The parents then make enquiries about the young man and if they find
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Scully
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs C. Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hospital, Co. Limerick