1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Curratavy

School: Curratavy

Location:
Corratawy, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. Ó Gallchobhair
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 154

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 154

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: Curratavy
  2. XML Page 154
  3. XML “Emblems and Objects of Value”

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. Emblems and Objects of Value (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    When left uncorked, it was believed to keep out everything evil long ago, people used to borrow some to leave beside a dying person. This was to prevent the fairies taking away the body. St Patrick's cross was made for St. Patrick's day. This was made of green ribbons and was worn on the shoulder. It was kept in remembrance of the Saint. An old horse shoe was nailed at the top of the door, to protect the household from lightening. Also, it was belived lucky to get iron lost.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Róise Ní Sámhrain
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male