School: Cluain Mhurchais (Hollyford) (roll number 13847)
- Location:
- Hollyford, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Donnchadha
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 300](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0542%2FCBES_0542_300.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0542, Page 300
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: Cluain Mhurchais (Hollyford)
- XML Page 300
- XML “Herbs”
- XML “Bread”
- XML “Bread”
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
- The chicken-weed is used for swollen necks. The plant is boiled, and the juice is rubbed to the neck.
- Collector
- Máighreadh Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmurragha, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Laurence O' Dwyer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hollyford, Co. Tipperary
- The people long ago made bread from barm in the winter. They used to put the cake on ta griddle, and leave it for the fire till it was baked.
- There is a Griddle behind Paddy Ryan (Matt's) fire. When the people were going to America long ago they used to bake a big cake in this griddle, because they used get no food on the way. They used to put a cross on the top of the cake.(continues on next page)