School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 107](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0997%2FCBES_0997_107.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 107
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: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- XML Page 107
- XML “Local Customs”
- XML “Local Customs”
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
- (continued from previous page)crowned by a funny hat. They have each a musical instrument. They go from door to door playing music and when they are finished they ask for some - thing to bury the wren. Some - times people throw water on the wren boys, but usually they get money. They usually go about in fours and divide the money the money between them.
- Long ago on St. Brigid's Day people boiled a big pot of rice, and they got long straws to make St. Brigid's crosses. At night when all the family were gathered, one of the family would dress as St. Brigid. She(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pearl Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Peter Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan