School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
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- Shrovetide is a period from the sixth of January to Ash Wednesday and it is a time in which matches and marriages take place.
Before a marriage takes place a friend to either of the parties go and introduce the match. If the parents are satisfied they meet in town and fix about the fortune. Then the land "is walked" and the day is fixed for the marriage. After the marriage the couple go away on a honeymoon for about a month and when they come home a dance is given.
Wednesdays are the favourite days on which people get married. It is counted unlucky for a girl to marry in green or to tear her dress on the wedding day or to meet her mother the first Sunday after coming home, or to meet a funeral on the day of the marriage.