School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- XML “Local Marriage Customs”
- XML “Local Marriage Customs”
- XML “Local Marriage Customs”
- XML “Local Marriage Customs”
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- Processions were held from Church to houses after the marriage & then a feast. Straw & hay were spread for the man & woman to walk on.
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- Collector
- John Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- In this county (Kilkenny) a man or woman was not allowed to marry a person from Tipperary as Tipp. took up the shooting of Landlords
- In recent years a marriage to place in
(1) Fr. Brennan's House of Windgap
(2) Mr Ned Crowley's of Shoughawadda Local Marriage Customs
“Chalk Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent”
Chalk Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent when men or women not marrying in Shorve would be marked with chalk.
People always make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday night.