All Discussions Tagged 'Folklore' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T11:20:57Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Folklore&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Island of Hy Brasil: Believable or Blarney?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-09-06:6442157:Topic:459752013-09-06T19:59:39.776ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p>Said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean, the island is alleged to be seen for only one day every seven years. Wild Geese Member Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill writes about it here in his excellent blog. <a href="http://ronangearoid.blogspot.com/2010/06/island-of-hy-brasil.html">http://ronangearoid.blogspot.com/2010/06/island-of-hy-brasil.html</a></p>
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<p>Said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean, the island is alleged to be seen for only one day every seven years. Wild Geese Member Rónán Gearóid Ó Domhnaill writes about it here in his excellent blog. <a href="http://ronangearoid.blogspot.com/2010/06/island-of-hy-brasil.html">http://ronangearoid.blogspot.com/2010/06/island-of-hy-brasil.html</a></p> Easter Traditions in Irelandtag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-03-18:6442157:Topic:127222013-03-18T02:05:45.231ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes…</span></p>
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes in the hen house, before the children woke up on Easter Sunday. In more recent times, parents also hid chocolate Easter eggs among the flowers, shrubs and hedges in the back yard.</span></p>
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