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School: Tobar (C.)

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Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 136

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    same day.
    Locally the bride cuts the wedding -cake and all the grown up girls get a piece to put under their pillow to dream of their future husband.
    Some people think it unlucky for the bride to look in a mirror after she is thoroughly dressed.
    If two people of the same name marry each other the bread the lady makes cures the whooping cough.
    It is unlucky for the bride to dress in green.
    It is unlucky to get married on Saturday or on the thirteenth of the month.
    It is said that a person is never to go and come the same road when getting married.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faheeran, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mary Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Faheeran, Co. Offaly