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School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)

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Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 066

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Wednesday is said to be the luckiest day to get married on. There is a rhyme about the clothes of the bride.
    Married in blue your love will be true
    Married in black you will wish yourself back
    Married in white you have chosen all right
    Married in green ashamed to be seen
    married in yellow ashamed of your fellow
    Married n brown you will live in the town
    Married in red you wish yourself dead
    Married in pink your spirits will sink
    Married in gray you will go far away
    The breakfast usually takes place in the brides home. Then they go to the man's house and have great amusement.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountbolus, Co. Offaly