1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Manulla

School: Manulla (roll number 14544)

Location:
Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Mac an Adhastair
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 260

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 260

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)

  1. XML School: Manulla
  2. XML Page 260
  3. XML “St Brigid's Cross”
  4. XML “The Holy Well of Balla”

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

  1. St Brigid's Cross (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    poison to leave the milk. She drank the milk. The pagans then knew she had power from God. They believed and became converts.
    On St. Brigit's people make a little cross of straw and put it on the roof of the house. By doing this they are placing the house under the protection of St. Brigit.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Holy Well of Balla

    Share Share Post
    There is a holy well near the old church of Balla. St. Patrick visited Balla and blessed this well. After blessing the well he was hungry and he asked some of the people for bread. They refused him and that is why a baker never prospered in Balla. Many people opened bakeries there but they had to close them again in a short time.
    The holy well is now dry but there was
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo