Old Customs

Abstract: Story collected by Terry Dignan, a student at Mionloch (C) school (Menlough, Co. Galway) from informant Thomas Dignam.

Original reference: 0077/2/32

 Mionloch (C) [Vol. 0077, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Dignan, Terry 
Gender
female
INFORMANT
Dignam, Thomas 
Gender
male
Age
56

Story text

transcribed at

 

Old Customs  [duchas:4621319]

The people had a lot of old customs long ago.
(1) putting a coal under the churn in order to have a good churning.
(2) On Saint Brigids eve they used to make a plat of straw with oats on it, in the form of a cross, then they would get a potato and put it through the straw - when Spring would come that would be the first seed of oats they would sow, and the first slit they would sow.
(3) When the cow would have a calf they would tie a red string to the cows tail, so that nothing would happen the calf.

Resource description

Origin information
Menlough, Co. Galway
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 050
Volume 0077
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí -- Dhubhagáin, Bean Uí Oisín.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
Menlough Mionlach Killoscobe Tiaquin Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4628987
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0077/2/32

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_4628987>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí -- Dhubhagáin, Bean Uí Oisín.
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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