Religion - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T21:43:55Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/categories/religion/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=noEaster 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>
<p><span><a href="http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/Easter.html#.UUZof8ypVKw.facebook">http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/Easter.html#.UUZof8ypVKw.facebook</a></span></p> The 'first' effort to evangelize the Irish: St. Palladiustag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-03-13:6442157:Topic:118142013-03-13T12:36:55.915ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p><a href="http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Mission-St-Palladius.php">http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Mission-St-Palladius.php</a></p>
<p>Palladius was driven off by the natives of Wicklow in his bid, which took place in 431 AD, but his companion Silvester remained in Domnach-Arda, and later consecrated a bishop. St. Silvester is traditionally commemorated March 10. Why is not Silvester a more popular name among the Irish, or, for that matter, LOL, Palladius?…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Mission-St-Palladius.php">http://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Mission-St-Palladius.php</a></p>
<p>Palladius was driven off by the natives of Wicklow in his bid, which took place in 431 AD, but his companion Silvester remained in Domnach-Arda, and later consecrated a bishop. St. Silvester is traditionally commemorated March 10. Why is not Silvester a more popular name among the Irish, or, for that matter, LOL, Palladius? (Additional Source: Magnificat, March 2013, Vol 14, No. 13, p 159)</p>
<p></p> Patrick Keely's St. Brigid's To Reopen -- Amazing!tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-01-15:6442157:Topic:87202013-01-15T14:18:27.148ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<p><a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Anonymous-20-million-donation-saves-church-built-by-Irish-immigrants-186680391.html">http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Anonymous-20-million-donation-saves-church-built-by-Irish-immigrants-186680391.html</a></p>
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<p>Patrick Keely -- an extraordinarily prolific architect of churches throughout the eastern US. Nice to see his legacy survive, along with this testimony to the 'Faith of Our Fathers." Any Keely churches near you?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Anonymous-20-million-donation-saves-church-built-by-Irish-immigrants-186680391.html">http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Anonymous-20-million-donation-saves-church-built-by-Irish-immigrants-186680391.html</a></p>
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<p>Patrick Keely -- an extraordinarily prolific architect of churches throughout the eastern US. Nice to see his legacy survive, along with this testimony to the 'Faith of Our Fathers." Any Keely churches near you?</p>