School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Díarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 405
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- (continued from previous page)gave a present to the child before Baptism. The cradle was never bought for the first child, that also was borrowed (This custom is in vogue still) If the child died the cradle was burned. The clíabhán was usually a home-made one. Two boxes [diagram] nicely adjusted [diagram] and nailed together with 'rockers' nailed underneath. That home-made cradle was borrowed - the first child was never put into a newly constructed one.
During the days preceeding the Baptism and until the following Sunday there was a complete quietness in the house. Old women came quietly to see the mother and baby and the father forced them to 'drink the health' of his child. The whole conversation centred around the child and such expressions as "You weren't long with him" or "You weren't in any hurry with him" were the usual. On the following Sunday or Sunday-week if the birth was too near Sunday the friends of both husband and wife come to the house for the 'Christening'. They came and indeed they didn't(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Díarmuid Ó Múimhneacháin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Príomhoide
