School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 115
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- (continued from previous page)Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on.People say if you sleep on a bit of wedding cake you will dream of the man or woman you will marry.
The bride must not go back to her parents' house for a mouth after she is married.
The two luckiest months of the year to get married in are June & December.
The bridegroom sometimes carries his bride over the door-step to stop evil spirits touching her.
When people get married the father of the bride gives the bridegroom one animal & one fowl of every kind he has.
When the bride goes to bed that night the bridesmaids come into the room with her and the bride then flings a stocking at the bridesmaids and which ever one is hit will be married first. If it is a black stocking she flings it is to a black haired man the bridesmaid will be married. If it is a white stocking she flings it is to a fair haired man she will get married. If it is a grey stocking it is to a grey haired man she will be married
- Collector
- Tom Scouse
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Townleyhall, Co. Louth
