School: Conaithe an Aonaigh
- Location:
- Conna, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ó Ciosáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 071
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Conaithe an Aonaigh
- XML Page 071
- XML “Local Customs”
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
- (continued from previous page)Little Xmass Day
Little Xmas day is known as the womens Christmas and it is said that on that night at twelve o clock all the waters are changed into wineAsh Wedensday
On that day it is a custom among the people of Ireland to go to Mass and ashes are put on their foreheadsSt Bridget Day
On Saint Bridget night a piece of cloth is put out and it is said that the saint would come and touch it and this cloth is called the "Brat Brígid."
also on that night a piece of straw is put at the door-step for the saint to kneel on. Long ago on that day some children especially boys used go out gathering money carrying a brighdeog in their arms. The "brigdeog" was made like a baby.Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is the last day of a period called Shrove. That day is also called pancake(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Hartigan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Hartigan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Conna, Co. Cork
