School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 121
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: Killorglin (C.)
- XML Page 121
- XML “Hallow Eve Customs”
- XML “Hallow Eve 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)Make a horizontal cross with two pieces of wood, and put an apple on one end and a potato on the opposite end. Put an empty egg shell on a third and a piece of soap on the fourth end. Twist it around and close your eyes, then open your mouth and try to get a bite of the apple.
- People used to get three bowls: one filled with water, another with earth, and a ring in the third.
Then the people used to blindfold a person and tell hi to put his hand in one of the bowls. If he put his hand into the bowl with the water, that was a sign that he would be the first to cross water; if he put it into the bowl with the earth he would be the first to die: if he put his hand into the one with the ring he would be the first to get married(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dóla Ní Riordáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
