1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls)

School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)

Location:
Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Caitlín Cadhla
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 230

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 230

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: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls)
  2. XML Page 230
  3. XML “Objects of Value”

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. Objects of Value (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    branches of hawthorn and put it all over the May-Queen. This is a very old custom.
    People get palm on Palm Sunday. They keep it until the next Palm Sunday or in case of any person dying to sprinkle holy water over the dead person with it. Palms are in honour of "Our Lord" going into Jerusalem when the people placed branches under "Our Lord's feet saying - "Hosanna to the son of David."
    On the Eve of Saint Brigid's day people with relics of her cloak wave the relic in the air and the relic will cure sick people. Holy water is used to keep evil spirits away such as the devil.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Ardle
    Gender
    Female