School: Crosskeys
- Location:
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thomas Greene
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 248
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- In this district many are the customs concerning marriage.The people still go by the different rhymes in order to shin the unlucky periods for marriage. These rhymes concern the months of the year and even the days of the week as: "Marry in May
You will rue the days"The poems concerning the days are more numerous but the people rely on the old ones as: "Monday for health
Tuesday for wealth
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday no luck at all"- Collector
- N. Maguire
- Gender
- Male
- The people were also very particular about what colour of dress the bride would wear, and many were the rhymes they had concerning this also as "Something old
Something new
Something borrowed(continues on next page)- Collector
- N. Maguire
- Gender
- Male