School: Glanworth (C.) (roll number 4838)
- Location:
- Gleannúir, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhiachra
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“Shrove was the marriage period in years gone by.”
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It is a custom to throw rice on the bride's head when leaving the Church. An old shoe is also flung after the wedding car as a token of good luck for the parties in the future.
Shrove Tuesday is also known as "Skelig Night" and very often people are taken from their homes at dark of night and cast into an adjoining river in revenge for not giving a night to their neighbours as it was so called.[-]Breis
Going to the church the bride the last to get into the car & get into the Church. Must go home by different road if possible, & bridal pair the last to get into the house. Should not go to Mass the 1st Sunday after Marriage. Bride should not return to her maiden home for a month after marriage.
- Collector
- Eiley Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Gleannúir, Co. Chorcaí