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St Brigid's Day

Abstract: Story collected by Eilish Reilly, a student at Cluain Fearta school (Clonfert, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0055/2/9

 Cluain Fearta [Vol. 0055, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Reilly, Eilish 
Gender
female
Location
Longford (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

St Brigid's Day  [duchas:4580201]

On St Brigids night a crowd of men dress up as various kinds of people and one of them dress as a woman and he carries a doll and stocking. The other men carries mouth organs, fiddles. They go around from house

St Brigid's Day  [duchas:4580202]

to house dancing and collection money, when they get no money in any house, they will bury the doll outside the door an there will be bad luck for the rest of the year.

Resource description

Origin information
Clonfert, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 0073-0074
Volume 0055
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher C. Ó Ríoghbhardáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Feast of St Brigid--Féile Bríde
School location
Clonfert Cluain Fearta Clonfert Longford Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4587639
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0055/2/9

Suggested credit
"St Brigid's Day"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_4587639>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher C. Ó Ríoghbhardáin.
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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