School: Belcarra (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Heireamhóin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 385](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0094%2FCBES_0094_385.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 385
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: Belcarra (Buachaillí)
- XML Page 385
- XML “<span class="exact">May</span> <span class="exact">Day</span>”
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)year. It is another custom with the people to gathered May flowers and throw them outside the door for luck. On St Martin's day the people kill a goose and sprinkle the blood on the four corners of the house for luck. It is an old custom not to go near water on Whit Sunday because it is enchanted and you would get drowned.
- Collector
- John Mac Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlassa, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Donnell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlassa, Co. Mayo