School: Edmonton (roll number 8100)
- Location:
- Edmondstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Brien
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0728, Page 097
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: Edmonton
- XML Page 097
- XML “Emblems and Objects of Value”
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
- Long ago Saint Patrick's and Saint Brigid's Crosses were made and they are still made. Saint Brigid's cross is made with rushes woven together. They were made on Saint Brigid's Day and hung over the bed-room door. This was done in olden times but this custom is dying out at least in this part of the country.
It is customary now to make Saint Patrick's Crosses. These are made in the shape of a harp. There was apiece of card-board or stiff paper cut in the form of a harp or sometimes circular with a piece of green ribbon sewn around on it.
The harp strings are represented with yellow thread. These were worn on the feast day of Saint Patrick.
20th Nov 1938
- Collector
- Máire Áine Ní Lorcáin
- Gender
- Female
