School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 082
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- Long ago the people used to get married very young. It was on Shrove Tuesday they usually got married. When the bride and bridegroom used to be leaving the house to get married shoes used to be thrown after them for luck, and when they used to be coming out of the Church after getting married rice used to be thrown at them for luck. Mondays and Fridays are supposed to be the unlucky days for marriage, and May and October are supposed to be the unlucky months. About thirty years ago marriages used to take place in the houses. This custom is now discontinued.
- Collector
- Kathleen Barry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Barry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
- During Shrove marriages take place most frequently in the district. On Shrove Tuesday or on Shrove Tuesday night was the usual time for getting married long ago, but this custom is not now observed.(continues on next page)
