School: Doirín na nDamh (roll number 5348)
- Location:
- Derreenneanav, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0467, Page 282
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- Shaking holy water on the cows May morning was a custom, and bringing in the summer a flowering shrub, before sunriseDriving out the cows before sunrise and herding them in grass until 9 they believed would result in an extra yield of milk.Children were very apt to be carried by the fairies if out after night-fall on a May evening. Jack of the Lantern used to worry people travelling at night. He used to be seen in marshy places and often on the roadside. He used to lead them astray and keep them out all night till cock crow. He was a harmful fairy, he used to keep people to laugh at them and he is seen in many places up to the present On one occasion he led a man into a football field where there were two teams playing. The man took off his coat and began to play(continues on next page)
