School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)
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- Teacher: A. Hamill
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- (continued from previous page)Festival Customs
Easter, Whit and may day.
The Custom for St Patrick's day is the wearing of shamrock.
On may day boys or girls go round the place with a may bush collecting money and they sing this song.
a long life and a happy wife and something for the may bush.
Written by: Bernard Rourke
Told by: James Mc Grane
The green Swords- Collector
- Bernard Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Swords, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- James Mc Grane
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Swords, Co. Dublin