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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369D, Page 02_015

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  1. Composition - Local Marriage Customs

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    Local marriage customs.
    Marriages take place most frequently in this district at Shrove. The month of May is considered unlucky for marriages and also one day of the week is Friday. There is an old poem that (says) says,
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses
    And Saturday no luck at all.
    It was an old custom at Shrove time that all unmarried men and women were taken out of their homes on Shrove Tuesday night and taken to Skellig or put
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female