- Subject
- Time and Festivals: patterns
- Date
- 1954
- Location
- Lady's Well, Co. Limerick
- Photographer
- Caoimhín Ó Danachair
- Archival information
- Patterns: Ballylanders Pattern, 1954.
- Additional information
- In 'The Holy Wells of Limerick' (Ó Danachair 1955): A small well in Ballylanders churchyard; the water from the well flows into a small overflow basin. Now embellished with statues of Our Lady and St Bernadette. Rounds are often made there, especially in May and August. The water cures many ailments. A pattern is held on 15th August, the largest of its kind in the county, with parades, games and dances in addition to the devotions at the well. Formerly rags were hung on the bushes near the well, but this is no longer done.
- Format
- Image
- Negative
- Film: Nitrate
- Black and white
- 60mm x 40mm
Archival Reference
The Photographic Collection, H022.21.00002
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
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