School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 253
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When a married couple are leaving the church after the marriage cermony, it is a custom to shower rice over them for luck.
- Collector
- Rita Hickey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfelim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- William Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilfelim, Co. Kerry
- At the time of the Spanish Armada, there was a Spanish coin called Moyder (worth about £2) found near a well at the corner of Dean's Lane. Ever since the locality is called Moyderwell
