School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- An Baile Nua (Shea), Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- Diffrent customs are held at marriages and diffrent days and months are said to be unlucky.
The month of May is thought to be an unlucky and the month of June very lucky.
Red and grey are thought to be unlucky colours.
They say married in yellow ashamed of the fellow, married in blue, your lover is true, married in red you'd wish yourself dead, married in grey you'd rue the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Lahert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garraí an Ghoidínigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Denis Lahert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Garraí an Ghoidínigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
