Folk Practices

Many of the cultural practices that were the norm in Cavan Town in the 1930s , such as the Wren Boys on St.Stephen's Day and the making of reed crosses on St.Brigit's Day, are still observed today (although not as widely anymore it would seem).
Another thing that we discovered from our investigation of the library's stock of microfilm is that the people of Cavan were obsessed with potato cakes and boxty. Much to our teacher's horror it was discovered that several of the class hadn't eaten either before. After swimming today we got stuck into some warm, buttered potato cake fresh off the pan

Dreamcatchers

We're back and there's no dilly dallying. We've been getting getting stuck into history and exploring Native American culture and the folktales of Cavan Town and its hinterland.
  Here's some dreamcatchers that we did. The Ojibwa tribe believed they prevented nightmares, by catching them in the webbing, and guaranteed dreams by allowing them trickle down the feathers into the ears of sleeping children.
   We also visited the library in an effort to find out more about the locality. Kathleen was very helpful and showed us the folklore collection on microfilm, gathered in the '30s, some of which was written by children from St.Clare's School!