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School: Dún na Lochlannach (roll number 11987)

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Lisduff, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Mhainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0065

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  1. May Day

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    The first of May is supposed to be a superstitious day particularly among the farmers. Farmers' wives will not give milk to a neighbor on May-day neither would they lend their churn, or sweep their kitchen floor out.
    If you get up early on May morning and wash your face in the dew you will have a good complexion irrespective of the strong sun.
    No one should lend or borrow on May-day because it is unlucky.
    Old tales state that on May morning witches and fairies are about early, and if they see smoke coming out of a chimney of any house which indicates that the family are up, they claim the butter from this house for the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybroder, Co. Galway