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" - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- N. Maguire
- Gender
- Male