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School: Taghmon (roll number 1762)

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Taghmon, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
John J. Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 227

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    “It is a custom in the Taghmon district to hold celebrations on the first day of May with a May Bush.”

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    It is a custom in the Taghmon district to hold celebrations on the first day of May with a May Bush. A number of boys go out in the country armed with a saw or hatchet. They cut a blackthorn bush or sceach. They then get an old bucket, and fill it with clay. They stick the bush down in it, and take it to a waste bit of land in the neighbour-hood of the village.
    Then they start to decorate the bush with coloured papers, candles, painted egg shells and pictures. Then they select a King and Queen. The King and Queen take it up and march around the streets with it. The people give them pennies. Then in the end they burn the May Bush and spend their money. This custom has been carried on in
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brownscastle, Co. Wexford