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School: Dernakesh (B)

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Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 350

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  1. Old Crafts (continued)

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    finished they went to some other man and changed about till all the flax was scutched.
    The people found it was not paying them and they left they spinning wheels aside. There are parts of it on our loft yet. They are all moth holes and you could get your finger through the soundest part of it.
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    Up to about fifty years ago people about to get married depended a good deal to lucky and unlucky days and strongly believed in the following rhyme -
    Monday for losses,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    and Saturday no luck atall.
    In those days matchmaking was a kind of business transaction. An intimate friend of the bride would be
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Shalvey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Charles Shalvey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dernakesh, Co. Cavan