School: Tobar (C.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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- Marriages are nearly always celebrated on Wednesday locally because it is said to be the luckiest day of the week. It is said to be unlucky for the bride to be at the church before the bridegroom. The bride usually wears "some thing old some thing new some thing borrowed some thing blue"
The cutting of the cake by the bride is a time-honoured custom. Some boys dress up(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary B. Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly