School: Synge, Inagh (roll number 14440)
- Location:
- Glennageer, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máirtín Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 374
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Long ago people used to say that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were the best days to get married and Thursday, Friday and Saturday were the worst days. They used to say blue was the best colour to get married in, and brown was the worst colour.
They used to say that after the people coming out from the Chapel there used to be people outside to throw rice or old shoes after them for luck. They used to wear something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue.
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