School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)
- Location:
- The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Labhaoise Nic Liam
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 207
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge
- XML Page 207
- XML (no title)
- XML “Olden Customs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title) (continued)
“In St. Moling's monastery there is a hidden treasure in one of the old walls.”
Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- St Patrick's day.
The custom on St Patrick's day was to eat fish.On Easter Sunday eggs were eaten.
Pancakes were eaten on Shrove Tuesday, Shraft Tuesday was another name for it.
May was considered an unlucky month to get married.
Rice was eaten on St Stephen's Day instead of meat.
On May morning it was the custom to take beastings to the neighbours' houses. Salt was put by them in the bucket when returning it.
Matches were made in this district. Money or (fields) land was given as dowry.
It was the custom for collicks to come to wedding feast they danced and sang but did not take any money.