Wikidata:WikiProject PatternsKilkenny
Patterns were devotional days on the day of the patron saint of a parish or area or at least an annually occurring day when the people of the locality held their personal devotions in a certain pattern (hence the name), i.e. "doing the rounds" around trees or other landmarks at the sacred site. There was often no priest present. The day usually started devout and peaceful, but as it went on and alcohol was brought to the site, it often escalated into fights and other anti-social behaviour. Many of them were thus discontinued by priests or even bishops. Some traditions have survived to this day, but the actual pattern/ rounds are mostly no longer observed. Since the Second Vatican Council, the rosary saying by lay people has often been replaced by a full mass with one or more priests and sometimes a bishop present.
This project tries to collate the records and memories of these patterns for County Kilkenny.
Statements to model a pattern
[edit]Don't forget references!
| Property | Example/ further qualifiers | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| instance of (P31) | pattern (Q130316507) add state of use: "in use" or "abandoned" accordingly, add references. Sometimes they were abandoned and revived. |
use this definition of pattern |
| image | Image of the pattern (or newspaper clipping of the announcement) | |
| country (P17) | Ireland | Use Ireland to locate it in modern Ireland, even though the country was part of the UK, when the patterns were first recorded. Alternatively, if the pattern was discontinued before 1922, you may use Q57695350, also in addition to Q27 (post 1922 Ireland). |
| located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) | County Kilkenny | |
| location (P276) | Tubbernamuchthee | Use the holy well, church site or graveyard where the pattern took place |
| street address (P6375) | in a field called the Faithche close to Páirc a' Teampuill (English)[1] | Use this to specify the location as given in the sources; don't forget references. |
| day in year for periodic occurrence (P837) | August 5 | The day the pattern took place which can be a fixed date or the Sunday after the patron day. Very popular are also the last Sunday in July or the first Sunday in August which happens to coincide with Lughnasa. |
| dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576) | 1826 add sourcing circumstances=circa where necessary |
Add the date when the pattern was abolished or seized to be celebrated. Where the bishop associated with this event is known, add significant person. If it was "only" a parish priest, a wikidata item for him might have to be created. Sometimes, alternative dates are given in the sources - add all of them. |
| described by source (P1343) | Sources where the pattern is mentioned/ described. | For Kilkenny, this will be Ordnance Survey letters, Canon Carrigan and the Schools' Collection as the main historical sources as well as announcements and reports in the local newspapers. |
Example queries
[edit]- list with names of patterns, date of pattern, associated well
- list with names of patterns, date of pattern, associated well & location description
- list with names of patterns, date of pattern, end date
- list with names of patterns, date of pattern, end date, sorted by end date
References
[edit]- ↑ This is not the pattern described in all the other fields of the table.