School: Na Tearmoinn (C.) (roll number 8932)
- Location:
- Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Margt. Meskell
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- (continued from previous page)5. Flowers should not be picked on May Day. May branches are nailed over the doors on May Eve and cattle are sprinkled with holy water to keep away the fairies.
6. On St. Martin's Day a goose is killed and the blood is dropped on the ground.
7. People who are going to live in a new house, never remove on a Monday.
8. Farmers here never start their spring ploughing on a Saturday.
9. May is considered an unlucky month for those who intend to marry.
10. Potatoes are usually set between May 17th and April 1st.
11. On November night the young girls washed their aprons in a stream, at 12 o'clock. They were then supposed to see their future husbands.
They roasted beans(continues on next page)
