School: Creewood (roll number 5331)
- Location:
- Creewood, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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- (continued from previous page)or child they will never recover.May Eve:It is a custom to put a May bush up on May Eve. It is decorated with egg shells and flowers. People go around stealing these May bushes and if it stolen all your luck goes along with it. It is thought also that the first at the well on a May morning will have all the luck for the year.St. Peter and Paul:On St. Peter and Paul's night a big bon-fire is lit and when it is almost out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Field
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creewood, Co. Meath