School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)
- Location:
- Duckstown, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Agnes O' Grady
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- The eve of the first of May is supposed to be the eeriest night of the year. In some places children do not pick wild flowers on that day for fear the fairies would carry them off. The farmers sprinkle holy water on every animal on the farm to protect them from the evil that piseoga would bring on them.
- Collector
- Seán Ó Cathasaig
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyea, Co. Limerick