School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:
Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 689

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    back there two buttons also. There was no waistcoat. The old women knitted their own clothes and blankets and bed clothes.
    Críoch.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. It is a custom among some people to leave the door open and the candles lit on Christmas night. They used to say that the Blessed Virgin came into some houses that night. The door was left opened and the candles left lit so that the Blessed Virgin would come towards the house. Some people used to stay up that night to see the Blessed Virgin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Caulfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo