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School: Kildavin, Ferns

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Kildavin, Co. Carlow
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Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 257

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    it was a farmer's place. This was done in honour of St. Martin. Some people said it kept away sickness from amongst the fowl and other things about the farm. The people ate the cock then, some people used give away the cock but it is not usual.
    The old people believed that St. Martin went around on a white horse the night of November 11th to see if the blood was drawn outside every house.
    An old saying they had about St. Martin Day was : "St. Martin put the cold stone in the water and St. Patrick took it out." That means that the weather begins to get cold around St. Martin's Day and it begins to get warm around St. Patrick's day.
    (Mrs Nolan, Ballyshancaragh, Kildavin)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Martin (~177)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Fennelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Ballyshancarragh, Co. Carlow