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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 04_027

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    The old people had many superstitions about marriages.
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    Saturday no luck at all.
    Long ago when two people were getting married they used to go to the woman's house in the morning to have a wedding and at four o'clock they used to go to the church to get married. Then they used have a race to man's house with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Lochlainn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Clare