School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- 8th February 1938
Marriage Customs
When a couple are leaving the Church after getting married, some friends are usually waiting at the gate with boxes of rice to throw over them as a token of good luck.
Another old custom is to tie old shoes to the car in which the couple are travelling.
- Collector
- James Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare
