School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
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    1st. May
    May we put up a May Bush in front of the house. We put bunches of primroses on it and leave it there all through the month of May.
    Patrick's Day
    Shamrock. it is a green flower that grows under the grass. It has three leaves on it. Some shamrocks have four leaves and they say it is lucky if you find it. We wear the shamrock on Saint Patrick's Day in our coats and hats.
    On St. Patrick's Eve we are very busy looking for a piece of shamrock in the grass for the morning.
    Daisy. It is a flower that grows in the fields. It has little white
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus Gilsenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath