School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 242
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- "Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday for the best day of all,
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday no day at all".
- Collector
- Maggie Mac Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Mac Manus
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballynacarrow, Co. Westmeath
- People usually get married here on Wednesday mornings. Then they give a great feast to which all their friends are invited. Each guest brings a present usually some thing which enables the bride to furnish a house for herself.
- Collector
- Oonagh Nugent
- Gender
- Female
- When people get married here a match is made for them at the fair. The bride's father gives money to the bridegroom as a dowry and the bride groom's father gives him cattle.
When the breakfast is over they go for a long drive in a motor(continues on next page) - Collector
- Helen Geoghegan
- Gender
- Female
