Old Customs

Abstract: Story collected by a student at An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin school (Curragh, Co. Tipperary) from informant Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.

Original reference: 0572/4/44

 An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin [Vol. 0572, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

INFORMANT
Domhnaill, Mícheál Ó
Gender
male
Age
55
Location
Knockballiniry (Townland) 
Ballybacon (Civil parish) 
Iffa and Offa West (Barony) 
Tipperary (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Old Customs  [duchas:4865528]

When the old people would be putting eggs hatching. They used to put an iron under the nest, so that there would be birds in all of them. It is still the custom to put a piece of iron in the nest to save the eggs from thunder.
Old tailors never cut out anything on a Monday.
Hair cut on a Monday would never again grow.
In old days no one would get married on a Monday.

Resource description

Origin information
Curragh, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 293
Volume 0572
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
Curragh An Currach Curragh Ballybacon Iffa and Offa West Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5054839
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0572/4/44

Suggested credit
"Old Customs"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5054839>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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