1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Crois-Bhóthar

School: Crois-Bhóthar

Location:
Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Bhreitheamhan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0275

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0039, Page 0275

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Crois-Bhóthar
  2. XML Page 0275
  3. XML “Pisreogaí”

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

  1. Pisreogaí (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    6. On May Day no milk was given out gratis for fear the butter would be brought off the milk of the giver. Also a bush is got and a few bunches of primroses are fixed on it and it is called a "May" bush.
    7. When a cow calves, any milk is not given away till the first churning is made.
    8. On the Eve of St. John's a bonfire is made and the coals are then scattered on the fields to help the crops.
    9. The crowd at the bon-fire on St. John's Night need to milk the cows of the neighbours, then buy loaves and cook them in the milk and eat them at the bon-fire.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonnacorra, Co. Galway