DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am in charge of one of the main projects for the Maine Old Cemetery Association — documenting all of Maine’s old cemeteries.

I would like to ask for help from all of the hunters and others who spend time in the woods in areas that most people never get to. Many hunters now use GPS as they enter the woods, and it would be a great help if they could GPS the location of any old family cemeteries they come across.

And if they happen to be carrying a pen and paper, they might possibly even note what is written on the stones. This has been an ongoing project for MOCA for 40-plus years now, and we have documented more than 6,600 cemeteries.

If GPS is not available, we’d appreciate the directions as best you can give them, or I can accompany you to the cemetery so that I can GPS a location and transcribe the information. We are trying to make sure these cemeteries do not get lost forever to time. — Roland G. Jordan, [email protected], 784-3338

DEAR SUN SPOTS: Years ago I heard a poem about it being good luck if on your wedding day it was raining. Can you help me find it? Thank you. — P. Williams, [email protected]

ANSWER: Sun Spots worked hard for this one. Searches kept turning up the old Apache wedding prayer (“Now you will feel no rain; for each of you will be shelter to the other”).

She also found mentions of many wedding myths, including that it’s good luck if it rains on your wedding day, with the rain a symbol of children in the future. (The bad luck myth says that raindrops represent the many tears a bride will cry throughout her married life.)

Finally, just as Sun Spots was about to give up and hope readers could help, she turned up this site on Irish wedding blessings at www.life123.com (http://tinyurl.com/3clve4q).

According to this site, “In Irish folklore there is an old saying that goes like this: If it rains on the bride on her wedding day, the couple’s union will prosper and the bride will be fruitful. Perhaps this saying came about because Ireland averages about 150 rainy days a year.”

It also said that Irish blessings were given to ward off evil or bad luck that may come from the fairy real, along with numerous other superstitions that are interesting reading but not relevant to your question.

There was also this poem on the site.

Sentimental Irish wedding blessing

Happy is the bride that rain falls upon

May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace

May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase

May the saddest day of your future

Be no worse than the happiest day of your past

May your hands be forever clasped in friendship

And your hearts joined forever in love

Your lives are very special

God has touched you in many ways

May his blessings rest upon you

And fill all your coming days

Swear by peace and love to stand

Heart to heart and hand to hand

Hark, O Spirit, and hear you now

Confirming this your Sacred Vow

Sun Spots hopes this poem was what you had in mind. Perhaps readers will now of  a French version they can share.

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