School: Meanus, Brúgh na nDéise (roll number 11840)
- Location:
- Meanus, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs Harnett
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- (continued from previous page)Any farmer who gets them in his land is sure to have some form of back luck. The person who hides them can't be found out.
Nobody likes to see people walking through therr fields during the month of May lest they might be working "pisogues."
The hawthorn blossom is never brought into a house as it is supposed to be unlucky.
Bonfires are lighted St. John's night with sticks, turf & borawn (dried cow's manure), hay, straw, old tyres.
It is a night of great fun as the boys cheer & make merry and look out from hillock to hillock to see their friend's bonfire
No work, in the meadow or elsewhere is done on Lady Day 15th Aug. as it is supposed to be unlucky.
The womenfolk usually visit Maloo(continues on next page)
