School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler
- XML Page 004
- XML “Candle- and Basket-Making”
- XML “Local Marriages”
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)by twisting sally-rods in and out when fresh. Mr. Brennan was able to make spades, gates and all iron implements. Willie Lynam was a great carpenter he was able to make gates, cars, boggies. Patrick Quinn is a good carpenter he makes cars, and crydens. This folklore was told to me by
- It is unlucky to get married on May. It is unlucky to get married if there is a coffin in the chapel. The following is an old saying. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday for the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday no day at all.There were a pair getting married in Doonane, namely James Neill, and Mary Brennan. They were given ten pounds and two cows as a dowry. There were boots tied out of the motor-cars. Boys(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lynam
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Condron
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Laois