School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)

Location:
Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 375

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    FOLKLORE;
    A rag you will be always in, rags a stick that a man will beat his wife with it or she will beat him. The children have snapapple and other games.
    MICHAELMASS DAY;
    The old people believe that it is not right to eat blackberries after Michaelmass Day because the fairies do their dirt on them that night.
    ST,BRIDGID'S DAY;
    St.Bridgid's Day is another festival. When the people are going to bed they put out a scarf or a cloth and St. Bridgid is supposed to bless them and that they will cure ailments such as earaches or toothaches.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    George Bourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Leahy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois