School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

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1. May Eve Customs (continued)

   

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   doors on May Day.
   Every May night the people of the country used lock their cattle into the cabins because the fairies used come and take the butter and milk from the cows,
   Long ago the people used have a cure for ring-worm.
   When the May bush used to be picked one little bunch used to be taken and stuck into goat's blood and rubbed around the sore.
   When it used be getting better yellow matter would run out of it.

   

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2. May Eve Customs

   

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   On the May Eve every person brings in May bush and May water and leaves it in a bottle. When the people are putting in the cows on May Eve they burn a sheaf of straw over the cows backs and they lock the cabin. When they are making the

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. May (~639)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gerry Rynne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mrs Foudy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare