School: Ladhar an Chrompáin (roll number 14998)

On this page

1. Festival Customs

   

   Share Share Post

   On St Stephen's Day the boys dress up and go out in the "Wren". They go from house to house taking a wren with them, and they collect money to bury the wren. They dance and sing in every house. On St Patrick's Day the people wear Shamrock. On Good Friday they make the Stations of the Cross. On Easter Sunday the people eat four or five eggs each. On May Eve the people stay in because the fairies are out.
   On St John's Night the people light bonfires.
   On St Martin's Day they draw blood.
   On Hallow'een they crack nuts and eat apples.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Saint Bridget's Day

   

   Share Share Post

   

   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.

   St. Bridget's Day falls on the first of February. On St. Bridget's Day the children go "in the biddy". Some children dress up and go around collecting money. In this district they have discontinued the practice for the past ten years. When collecting they used to take with them a timber doll, dressed in clothes.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   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.

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairín Nic Síthigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloghaneleskirt, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Eamonn Mac Síthigh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Cloghaneleskirt, Co. Kerry