School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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- (continued from previous page)thing as diseases in cows and the people believed that that was the cause. Then they had plenty of milk and butter.
On May morning there is always a May bush put up and May flowers are thrown on the door-steps. It is said that if a person gets up May morning before the sun rises and washes his face in the dew that is on the grass he will never get any diseases on his face. This custom is also carried out to the present day. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Dolly Bowens
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownaskeagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Mulvey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Bean fir oibre
- Address
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon