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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 225

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    in July you would be married under the cloud of death, and it is those months that are said to be lucky. Wednesday, Tuesday & Monday are said to be lucky days to get married on, and Thursday, Friday & Saturday are unlucky ones.
    In olden times it was the custom for the bride, and bride-groom when getting married on shrove Tuesday to have an apple sliced in the middle on the morning of the wedding. Then shake a pinch of salt on the sliced part of it, and if the sliced part of it turned black it denoted a very dark future, and if it turned white they'd have a happy future. It is also a bad sign of the wedding pair for crows to light on the house before they
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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
    Annie Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skearke, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Michael Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skearke, Co. Meath