School: Lisball
- Location:
- Lisball, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 059
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- (continued from previous page)If you are married in white you have chosen alright.
If you are married in black, you will wish yourself back
Married in blue you are sure to be true
Married in grey you will go far away.
If you are married in brown you will live in the town.
- When a man got his hair cut, he carefully gathered up the hair, tied it in a parcel, and buried it i a ditch or other place, so as to be able to get it at the Last Day.
- Collector
- Leonard Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan
