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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 155

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  1. Pisreoga i dtaobh Pósaithe (continued)

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    old, the second new, and the third must be blue in colour.
    7. A bride must first enter her new home, before any of her possessions are installed. Should the possessions precede the bride, then according to the natives, misfortune after misfortune will follow later.
    8. A bride must supply her bed in her new home. Seventy dead pluckings are required to fill a tick, so for some years preceding each marriage the mother of the prospective bride is busy collecting feathers.
    9. Misfortune dogs the footsteps of those who spend a honeymoon in a seaside town.
    10. Clothes for a first baby should never be made by the mother. They should be borrowed instead.
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    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
    Irish
    Collector
    Áine Ní Mhaolacháin
    Gender
    Female