1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Macha na gClaidhe

School: Macha na gClaidhe (roll number 16086)

Location:
Maughanaclea, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Cathal Ó Macháin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0283, Page 474

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0283, Page 474

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: Macha na gClaidhe
  2. XML Page 474
  3. XML “Rudaí faoi leith go mBíonn Meas orthu”
  4. XML “Seanchas Stairiúil”

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. Rudaí faoi leith go mBíonn Meas orthu (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    in bottles on Easter Sunday and again on Xmas Day. Holy water is sprinkled "out into a storm" during a severe gale - by some people in the district. The Woman usually stand at the door and sprinkles it with the wind.

    WHY HOLLY IS BROUGHT IN AT XMAS
    For every red berry brought in an angel watches over, one at Xmas times; Angels are so numerous.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Seanchas Stairiúil

    Share Share Post
    "There was a battle fought over 150 years ago in a field in Coosane between the English and Irish (possibly during 1798)
    A man named John Fitzgerald was killed there. He was burried the evening of the battle on the spot where he fell. - "Cnocán an tSaigdiúra"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    M. D. O Leary
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    58
    Address
    Cousane, Co. Cork