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FROM 1870 - 1914 > BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS |
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Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, was an important festival. Big meals were eaten before the ... |
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Halloween Halloween was an important festival as it was traditionally regarded as the last day before the start of winter. One custom was the ... |
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New Year’s Eve In many parts of Ireland the custom was to prepare a big supper for New Year’s Eve as it was believed that the new year would continue ... |
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St. Brigid’s Day St. Brigid’s Day (1 February) was another important festival. It was half way through winter and half the stock of food and fuel was ... |
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Fair Day Fairs became increasingly popular in 19th century Ulster as farming became a more commercial activity. They were held on important dates ... |
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Luck Penny At markets and fairs it was the custom to ask for a Luck Penny when buying an animal. It was believed that refusal would bring bad luck ... |
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May Queens All over Ireland May Day remained an important festival. This photograph of young girls in Co. Westmeath was taken around 1910. They ... |
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Christmas Turkey The photograph shows the scene outside a butcher’s shop just two days before Christmas. There are two turkeys hanging to the left of ... |
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Wake This canopy bed was made in the late 19th century and found in a house in Co. Wexford. The bed was used by the owner’s mother and when ... |
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Sowing Seed In rural Ulster there was a tradition followed by farmers sowing corn. The seed was loaded onto a cart drawn by a horse, but the farmer ... |
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