School: Creewood (roll number 5331)
- Location:
- Creewood, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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- (continued from previous page)children go the wood and get holly and ivy and the women decorate the house with it. They decorate the (l) pudding with little bits of holly with berries on it. On May Eve a may bush is put up and egg shells and ribbons and flowers are put on it. The boys try to steal it and often the people of the house stay up at night to mind it or bring it inside. It often happens the boys succeed in stealing the May bush(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Matthew Halligan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Creewood, Co. Meath