School: Shercock
- Location:
- Shercock, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac Cana
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- Throw a bottle after the newly wed couple and if it breaks they will have good luck and if it does not break it means bad luck.
To tie a boot or a horse shoe to the car that they are in means good luck.
When the bride and groom are kneeling at the altar after the marriage whoever rises up first is supposed to live the longest.
When going to the church to be married if they meet a red haired person it is supposed to be unlucky.
Another custom is for the bride to wear.
Something old
Something new
Something borrowed
Something blue.- Collector
- Josephine Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shercock, Co. Cavan