Category: Foklore
Irish Folklore
Traditional Irish Farming Tools: Drill/Drag Stones
These distinctive holed stones were once an important part of an Irish farmers tool kit.
Nan O’Toole: A Folk Medicine Practitioner from Galway
Nan O’Toole sold fish in Eglinton Street and was also known to have cures for many ailments….
Wayside funerary crosses, an ancient tradition from Kilmore, Co. Wexford
In the parish of Kilmore, in the very south of Co. Wexford, persists a peculiar funerary custom that may have…
False burials and dangerous water: Whit Sunday in Irish Folklore
Whit Sunday (or Whitsun) is an important Christian festival that celebrates the Pentecost. It normally falls on the seventh Sunday…
Animal ‘Sacrifice’ and Blood Letting, Saint Martin’s Feast in Ireland
Today, the 11th of November, is the feast of St. Martin of Tours. He was a particularly popular saint in…
St. John’s Eve or Bonfire Night; Irish Folklore
June 23rd, is St. John’s Eve, or as it is known in many parts of Ireland, Bonfire Night. It was…
Halloween in Irish Folklore
These folklore accounts detail some of superstitions and festivities which once surrounded Halloween in Ireland. They are based on information…
Signs of the Weather from the Sky, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and the Rainbow: Folklore from Co. Galway
This folkore account details some of the signs associated with approaching weather systems. It is based on information supplied in…
Churching the Cow: Folklore from Co. Galway
These two fascinating folklore accounts from Co. Galway detail a practice known as ‘churching the cow’. It was carried out…
A Fairy Fort: Folklore from Co. Sligo
This Irish folklore account relates to a ringfort in Co. Sligo and is based on information supplied by Mary Brennan…
