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School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

Location:
Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 04_016

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    June. The old people have an old ryhme. "Happy for the bride that the sun shines on and happy of the corpes that the rain falls on." This is all "pisrógs" and most of the young people that are growing up now do not believe it. There is an old ryhme about the days to get married. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses and Saturday is no day at all.
    Straw Boys generally visit a house where there is a wedding. There nearly always dress in old clothes. They wear a straw belt called a "súgán" They blacken their faces with soot. They put a bit of glew across their upper lip and they get
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female