School: Srón (roll number 9090)
- Location:
- Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 046
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: Srón
- XML Page 046
- XML “Piseoga”
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)an leanbh bás.8 Ní cheart an rud aon braon uisge do caitheamh amac an dorus san oidhche ar eagla go mbeadh na daoine maithe agteact isteac.9 Washing a handkerchief and putting it out on a bush to dry on St Bridget's Night and bringing it in on the following morning and keeping it for the year for cures10 If an infant had to be taken out after dark to go on a journey during the night burnt coals used to be put into bhe child's dress to save it from the fairies.
11 To nail a horse shoe inside the kitchen door for good luck.12 Not to leave the sign of milk or butter in a bucket when going to the well so that a neighbour may not get a chance of taking the butter.13 Not to give away a coal of fire on May Morning so that the milk or butter may not be taken.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Headfort, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Siodbhán Bean Uí Cróinín
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Awnaskirtaun, Co. Kerry
