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School: Sgoil Naoimh Conaill, Na Gleanntaí (roll number 15467)

Location:
Glenties, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1051B, Page 26_022

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    1. In this locality marriages are most frequent from the sixth of January until Ash Wednesday. They are most frequent during this period of time because it is the "Ranten" season, and no more marriages will be held until after Lent.
    2. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday no day at all.
    3. Long ago when the night of a wedding would come the people would write the names of any boy or girl that they could think of on pieces of paper. When they would be going home, every boy would get the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seorsamh Mac Aoidh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenties, Co. Donegal