School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 24_038
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- St Brigid's Day:- The people make crosses and put them on the rafters of their houses in honour of St Brigid.
St Patrick's Day:- the custom is to wear shamrock, and harps and rosettes and strips of green ribbon are also worn.
Shrove Tuesday Night, A crowd of boys dressed like wren-boys, go and take the people that didn't get married and throw them into a scart of bushes.
it is called schelligs.
Chalk Sunday, those that didn't marry get chalked by the crowd that collect generally at the chapel gate.
May-Day. There are many customs connected with May-Day. On May eve the branches of sycamore or summer tree are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Dhuilleáin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inis Mór, Co. Chiarraí
