School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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- Collector
- Rita Power
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Farranfore, Co. Kerry
- The marriages of long ago were not like the marriages we have now. The usual time of the year to get married is "Shrove," "Easter" and "November." People never got married during Lent or Advent. When people got married long ago, they had no motors as a means of conveyance, but the girl and the boy went to the chapel on horse's-backs.
There are several piseogs connected with "marriage" as: when people got married, somebody threw an old shoe after them to wish them good luck. And there are several piseogs connected(continues on next page)