1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Island Parish

School: Island Parish

Location:
Ballina, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Seán Ó Móráin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 351

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 351

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: Island Parish
  2. XML Page 351
  3. XML “Customs on St Stephen's Day”
  4. XML “Customs on <span class="exact">May</span> <span class="exact">Eve</span>”

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. Customs on St Stephen's Day (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    "The wren, the wren, the king of all birds
    St Stephen's day she was caught in the furze.
    Get up with old Laddie and give us a treat
    Up with the kettle and down with the pan.
    A penny or two-pence to bury the wren.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Customs on May Eve

    Share Share Post
    It is the custom for the children to gather flowers on may eve and to throw them at their doors. This is to keep away the fairies.
    The children dress a bush with flowers and egg
    (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)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joseph Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly