Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday morning we first go to Mass. when we come home we have our breakfast. We make a fire, and we make tea and we have sweet-cakes and eggs in a field if the day is fine.

Theresa Kelly, The Schools’ Collection, National Folklore Collect, Local Area, Festivals, Feasts, EasterTeresa Kelly21 March 2021Easter Sunday, Easter, Feasts, Feast daysComment

Lime-Kilns

About twenty years ago every farmer in this district had a lime kiln. This was a hole dug int the ground and built with stones.

INFORMANT: William Ruane, Age 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo

Co. Mayo, Gleann an Dúin - Prison, Local Area, School Collection, Country Life, CraftsMargaret Ruane8 September 2018local, Craft, lime kilnComment

My Home District

My home district is in the Parish of Straide the Barony of Gallen the town land of Tabhanachmóre Co;Mayo.

COLLECTOR: Margaret Ruane, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo

Margaret Ruane, Local Area, National Folklore Collect, School Collection, The Schools’ Collection, Dùchas.ieMargaret Ruane7 September 2018Place Names, Loughill, Cregg, KearnsComment

Local Place Name

My father has a farm of land about 14 acres. It is divided into fields by sod ditches.

Mary Kate Kelly, Co. Mayo, Dùchas.ie, Local AreaMary Kate Kelly21 May 2018localComment

Landlords

Sir Robert Lynch Bloose who lived in Ball about 35 years ago was a Land-Lord. His wife Lady Harriet was born in Westport.

INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

Country Life, Dùchas.ie, Local Area, My Native village, National Folklore Collect, School Collection, The Schools’ CollectionMay Adams28 April 2018Landlords, Mary Mc DonnellComment

A Lightning Storm

One night about sixty years ago a great lightning storm arose. There was an old man and an old woman in Roxtown near Balla.

INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell Age, 76 Prison North, Co. Mayo

History & Folklore, Local Area, National Folklore Collect, School Collection, Weather-lore, The Schools’ Collection, Dùchas.ie, Jimmie AdamsJimmie Adams27 April 2018Lighting storm, Mary McDonnellComment

A Holy Well

Long ago there was a holy well in Galway with a wall round it.

One day a woman washed her feet in it, and the following morning it had changed down to the town of Balla.
INFORMANT: Mary McDonnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

Dùchas.ie, History & Folklore, Local Area, National Folklore Collect, School CollectionMay Adams27 April 2018Holy Well, Galway, Mary McDonnell, BallaComment

Old Ruins

INFORMANT: Mary Adams, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

Hidden Treasure, History & Folklore, Gleann an Dúin - Prison, Local Area, Local Heroes, National Folklore Collect, School Collection, The Schools’ CollectionMay Adams21 April 2018Comment

Weather-Lore

INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo

Annie Reilly, National Folklore Collect, Dùchas.ie, School Collection, Local Area, Weather-loreAnnie M. Reilly18 April 2018forcast, wind, rain, WeatherComment

Bird-Lore

The names of birds that inhabit the townland of Knocksaxon, Barony of Carra,

Joe McIntyre, Birds, Dùchas.ie, School Collection, Local AreaJoe Mc Intyre15 April 2018robin, blackbird, lark, sparrow, Bird-loreComment

Weather-Lore

Theresa Kelly brings us over to John Kelly for the latest weather predictions

May 1938

Theresa Kelly, Dùchas.ie, Weather-lore, Local AreaTeresa Kelly9 April 2018John Kelly, Kelly, Sun, rain, stormComment

Bird-Lore

Birds, Local Area, Dùchas.ieMary A. O' Doherty31 March 2018wild geesse, sparrow, corncrake, cickoo, partridge, Blackbird, duckComment

Our Native Village

My Native Village is called Prison. It is a very large village consisting of 27 houses and 125 people. Among this crowd of people there are about ten people who are over seventy years of age. Each of these people can speak a little Irish. There are about eight families of Reilly's residing at Prizon, so Reilly is the most common name

National Folklore Collect, Prizon village, Rita Corcoran, Co. Mayo, Local Heroes, Local Area, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreRita Corcoran17 March 2018history, Rita Corcoran, Corcoran, Local heros, Reilly, VillageComment

Weather-Lore

Rainbow is looked upon as a sign of broken weather.....If corncrake is heard in morning it is an omen of good weather, but if heard in the evening sign of coming rain.

COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

Patsy Ansbro, National Folklore Collect, Mary A. O' Doherty, Dùchas.ie, History & Folkore, Local AreaMary A. O' Doherty5 March 2018Weather, rain, Tawnaghmore, Mayo, Co. Mayo, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, BallaComment

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