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School: Cloughjordan (C.) (roll number 11544)

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Cloghjordan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Eibhlin, Bean Uí Sceacháin
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    house as the Holy Souls are supposed to visit each house on this night. On New Year's day it is very common to tell young children who cry on this day that they will be crying all the year, and it is said likewise that if we have rain on Sweethen's day it will be wet for forty days.
    It was an old custom on May day for the people not to churn as on this day the fairies are supposed to take the butter and on May Eve the crops were sprinkled with holy water to protect them from the "good people".
    Josie Gleeson
    Cloughjordan
    Co. Tipperary
    Name - Edward Long,
    Occupation - Farmer,
    Address - Stagpark,
    Cloughjordan,
    Co. Tipperary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Gleeson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghjordan, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Edward Long
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cloghjordan, Co. Tipperary