School: Gníomh go Leith (B.) (roll number 1703)
- Location:
- Gneevgullia, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cormac Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0451, Page 332
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- Long ago the people did not put milk in their tea, nor did they use butter or eggs on Good-Friday and if a person died on Holy Thursday he would not be buried until Easter Saturday. If seeds were planted on Good-Friday they were sure to grow. It was a custom not to draw any blood on Good-Friday, in honour of the Crucifixion of Our Lord.
Children that are born on Good-Friday, and baptised on Easter Sunday, were supposed to be able to cure Farcy in horses. The eggs that are laid on Good-Friday are supposed to be able to cure certain diseases. The people had it as a custom to go to the church on that day to pay rounds. People who were far away from the church did the rounds in a grave-yard instead.
- Collector
- Dan Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Knocknageeha, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Dan Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Tooreennamult, Co. Kerry
