School: Sixmilebridge (C.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: M. J. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 450
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- (continued from previous page)Its not so easy to fix the fortune. The young mans father usually asks twice as much as he expects and there is "dividing" and "splitting" the difference just as a bargain is made at a fair, until finally the question is fixed. Then the "drop" is handed round and the health of the intended bride and bridegroom is toasted. On the day of the wedding the bride wears -
Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue.
There are many customs and superstitions attached to a wedding such as -
To tie and old shoe to the motor when the married couple are leaving the Church so that they would have luck.
That the mother of the bride should never go to the Church to see her daughter getting married.
Wednesday is a lucky day to get married.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are unlucky days to marry on.(continues on next page)
