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

Location:
Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 648

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  1. Up to fifty years ago, on St. Patrick's Day a cross about six inches long and six inches wide was made of paper or cloth and pinned or stitched to the arm of children from four to twelve years. The child's mother or sisters made it.
    Palm branches were kept in the dwelling house till Palm Sunday of the following year. When Christmas was over the laurel and holly branches used were burned. Holy water was always kept in the house. The father or mother would sprinkle this when returning at night or when going on any important journey. It was always sprinkled on a churn before commencing to make the butter. Crops and meadows and pasture land were sprinkled with holy water on Ascension Thursday.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry