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No particular ceremonies are carried out now in Delvin on saint Brigid's Eve, but long ago the feast was observed in the district.

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Ballinvally (C.) school (Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0724/1/32

 Ballinvally (C.) [Vol. 0724, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Westmeath Schools

Story text

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Ballinvally (C.)  [duchas:4979819]

No particular cermonies are carried out now in Delvin on Saint Brigid's Eve, but long ago the feast was observed in the district. A very old inhabitant of the village, Mrs Keane, told me some years ago that the girls of the village used to go round on St Brigid's Eve, carrying what she called the brídeóg. It seems they used to dress up a churn dash like a little girl and go around from house to house with this saying words which I know now were Irish but which I cannot recollect. They

Ballinvally (C.)  [duchas:4979820]

were given pennies or food at the different houses.
  


Bonfire Night  (June 29th) is still kept in the district, and big fires are lighted on the roadside at Caddagh and at Moyleroe and Drumcree, Archerstown



In Holy Week, people (principally the children) go round from house to house gathering a clúdog of eggs. Presents of a clúdóg are often given to friends.


Good Friday eggs are marked with a cross and are supposed to keep away sickness when eaten on Easter Sunday morning.



Long ago, it was the custom to light twelve candles on a stool on Little Christmas night.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 047-049
Volume 0724
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Nic Shiomóin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
School location
Ballinvally Ballinvally Delvin Delvin Westmeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5115923
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0724/1/32

Suggested credit
"No particular ceremonies are carried out now in Delvin on saint Brigid's Eve, but long ago the feast was observed in the district."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_5115923>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Nic Shiomóin.
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.

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