School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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- (continued from previous page)at them for luck. An old shoe is tied to their car and this is said to be for good luck also. The married couple go in the same car to their house after being married. Then that night a wedding feast is held and men come "sapping" from other places. These men are dressed so that they would not be known. They have masks on their faces and their coats turned inside out. At some weddings they may be treated kindly and at others they might be kept out. These men get drink and other things and they sing and dance for this. At some marriages people "rope" the married couple. They put a rope across the road and stop the car in which they are travelling and get money.
- Collector
- Tom Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagare, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Ms Kate Lovett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry