School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)

Location:
Bodyke, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 327

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 327

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: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
  2. XML Page 327
  3. XML “Holy Saturday”
  4. XML “Easter Sunday”

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. They throw the Easter water on the crops, May Eve, and on the cows and farm animals to preserve them from harm.
    Fast of Lent is over at 12 o'clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. This is a great feast again next to Christmas.
    Sweet cakes for the young and plenty of eggs are used at breakfast.
    Children boast of all they have eaten.
    I think parents are getting more careful in this matter and not giving them to eat more than two.
    The dinner of this day is also very good.
    Churches are decorated for this great feast which is really more welcome by the old people.
    You have the long day and the trees bursting into leaf - the birds building their nests and singing or warbling amongst the trees.
    People who have plenty eggs make presents of them to poorer people. Eggs are regarded here as a "luxury present" and are often given to a child who enters your house for the first time.
    They are also given to a new comer in the district.
    A hen and clutch chickens are often given, too.
    When I came to live in our new house, I got from a woman in the place, a hen and chickens. She said they would bring me luck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Easter (~163)
    Language
    English