School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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- The Marriage Ring
A daisy is got and the petals plucked of while saying the following rhyme gold, silver, copper tin and whatever falls on the last petal your marriage ring will be made of. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- A marriage game
On a certain night in the year grown up girls go to the door of their neighbors house listen at the keyhole and the first name they hear mentioned will be the name of(continues on next page)