School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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- Monday for wealth
Tuesday for health
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for Rosses
Friday for Crosses
Saturday no day at all
May is the most unlucky month for marriageThe prospective bride should wear
Something old, something new
something borrowed, something blue.To get married on Monday you are sure to be poor, married on Tuesday wed once more, married on Wednesday a happy match, married on Thursday splendid catch, married on Saturday you have better waited.