School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 129
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- It is mostly during Shrove the marriages take place in this district. There are certain months which people say you should never get married in such as May and August. On Shrove Tuesday most of these marriages take place as it is the last day of Shrove. Other unlucky months for getting married are the harvest months. These months are considered very unlucky for marriages as an old proverb says "whatever is joined in the harvest is sure to be ripped in the Spring". They say you should never get married on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday because it is usually unlucky.
There is an old custom connected with Shrove. On Shrove Tuesday night pancakes are made and some of these pancakes are thrown at the door. This is said to keep out hunger for the year. This is how they make the matches. It is usually between farmers' sons and daughters that matches are made.A A farmers' son first gets "an account of a match", as(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagare, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Ms Kate Lovett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
