Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)

On this page

1. Old Burial Ground (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   (continued from previous page)

   there is a blessed well, and it is said that long ago, several people got cured there. In olden times there was a landlord there by the name of Varea. During his time a bell used be always heard ringing in the graveyard every night; but when he died the bell was never heard ringing again.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

2. Superstitions

   

   Share Share Post

   On May Eve some people put up a quicken berry branch on the gates and doors to keep the fairies away.
   More old people wouldn't like to give a drop of milk away on May Day. They say it would be unlucky.
   People long ago used to redden the sock of the plough on May Eve and put it in under the churn, when the churning would be ready.
   This was to keep the fairies out of the churning.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

3. Signs of the Weather (Galbally)

   

   Share Share Post

   If the hills or mountains look real clear, or appear near (they say "the mountains are looking very near") it is a sign of rain.
   To see "threads" along the field of a fine sunny day is a sign of rain.

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit