1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile an Oileáin (B.)

School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)

Location:
Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 588

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 588

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: Baile an Oileáin (B.)
  2. XML Page 588
  3. XML “The Lore of Certain Days”

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. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    cutting hay.
    Monday was considered an unlucky day to leave home. Up to the present day many parents do not send their children to school for the first time on Monday.
    If a person got unwell on Friday it was deemed a bad omen for his recovery. At the present time in this parish (Ballyhar, Co. Kerry) people do not get married on Monday, on Wednesday, or on Friday.
    The days from the 1st to the 12th April were called "Laethanta na Bó Riaibhche in (Ballyhar parish Co. Kerry). This period was a trying one on old cows because they were "run down" as a result of the severity of the winter and the early spring.
    Rabharta na h-Inide was the name given to a break in the weather which occurred towards the end of Shrove. It was a spell of rainy and windy weather combined.
    Rabharta na Cásga was the name given to a similar spell which occurred towards the end of Lent.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhar, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry