School: Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 1289)
- Location:
- Tulach an Iarainn, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Dhubhshláinge
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 207
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- Old CustomsSpring wells were guarded and nobody was allowed to take water from any well on a farm, within certain hours.
All crops and stocks were springled with "Easter Water" from a palm branch.
Lumps of butter made in a large bottle on May Eve were used as a cure for certain ailments in animals.
All fires were put out at six o'clock on May Eve, and were not lighted until six o'clock May Day.
All children of tender years were kept indoors on that night. Every farmer had Holy Mass celebrated in the house, during this month.
It was forbidden to beat cattle with sticks from alder trees or mountain ash. A mountain ash plant was twisted in a round form called gao and coiled round churns to increase the quantity of butter in the churn, and to preserve it from evil.
On St. John's Eve, farmers had bonfires lighted in an open on those farms, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Scanlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tulach an Iarainn, Co. Phort Láirge
- Informant
- Mr G Hodnett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Tulach an Iarainn, Co. Phort Láirge
