School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Knockbeha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Maolruanaidh
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- There are many local customs concerning marriage festivals. During Shrove people usually get married They never get married during Advent or Lent. They also usually have a festival which is called a wedding The bride is usually dressed in blue. There are a great many superstition concerning marriages. It is said if the bride has her foot outside the chapel door the first she would live the longest but if the bridegroom was last he would die the first. Not long ago people used to hold horse galloping from the chapel to the wedding house. The person who would gain the house first would get a glass of whiskey. Another superstition concerning is if it was the(continues on next page)