School: Drom Bhaoghalláin (roll number 7981)
- Location:
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Pagnam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 237
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Shrove tide
Marriage customs
Shrove is the name given to the time of the year when most people get married. It begins on the sixth day of January and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday which is called Shrove Tuesday or Pan cake Tuesday as it is an old custom to have pan cakes for tea on that day before the fast of Lent begins.
Monday and Wednesday are counted the luckiest days of the week to get married and strange to say some regard them as unlucky. In America and (another) other countries people always get married on Sunday.
Long ago the priest used to go to the houses and marry the pair in the house of the Bride but now the ceremony is performed in the church. Matchmaking is carried on in this district nowadays but (now) some time ago there used to be a man in every district whose duty it was to bring couples together and in this way he made his living. It has happened occasionally that the bride and groom never met till the morning of their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
