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School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)

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Mell, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 069

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 069

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  3. XML “May Day Customs”
  4. XML “A Superstition about the Fairies”

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  1. May Day Customs (continued)

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    jumps up and goes to a holly bush and breaks a branch off hazel elder ash mountain ash and brings them into the house. It is bad luck to bring the flowers of a aloe bush. Flowers are thrown on the roof of the house on May day to keep bad luck away.
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  2. A Superstition about the Fairies

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Treasa Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Pentony
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth