School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)These offerings are paid for the faith. When leaving the church rice is thrown on the bride and groom. A wedding breakfast is eaten in the bride's house.
The bride and groom usually go on their honeymoon to Dublin or Blackrock for a few days. When they return home a dance is held in the grooms. There is always a bonefire are tarbarrels lighted when they come back from their honeymoon. - Marriages usually take place in the summer months. Some people have superstitions about the month of May. Wednesday is supposed to be the luckiest day of the week to get married on as a local proverb says,Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses and
Saturday no day at allMatches are not made now but were the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baltray, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Miss Anne Freeman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baltray, Co. Louth