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School: Doire Leathan, Grange (roll number 14843)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 358

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    On May morning the people did not like to get up first. They did not like to have the cows out first on May morning. It was unlucky to put out the ashes on May morning.
    If people were leaving the kitchen to go out they would put the tongs across the cradle for fear the fairies would take away the child.
    The people believed that if they broke a mirror they would have seven years bad luck. If the people were out late at night and had a child with them they would put a burned coal in the child's dress.
    On May eve the people used to pull May flowers and throw them on the houses. On May morning the people believed that if they washed their hands in the dew that they would get rid of freckles and that the sun would not burn them that summer.
    Dirty water should be thrown out at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Kerins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcat, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Brigid Gorevan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownamaddoo, Co. Sligo