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School: Ballintemple, Woodenbridge

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Ballintemple, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 023

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    behind the car. All the horses would be decorated with white ribbons. There are certain lucky days on which people would get married and certain days on which people would not get married. Here are the days:
    Monday for health; Tuesday for wealth; Wednesday the best day of all; Thursday for losses; Friday for crosses, and Saturday no day at all.
    When a pair would get married the father would give so many cattle or sheep instead of money for a fortune. After the marriage they would go home and feast all day and on that night they would dance untill early morning.
    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
    Informant
    Mr L. Wolohan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballintemple, Co. Wicklow