School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)
- Location:
- Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0885, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)and a stick in the other.They knock a the door of each house saying at the same time "Jugs or Money" and of course they change their voices.At nearly every house they get a penny or an egg or two and at the end of their journey they divide their result and give each an equal share.
- Some May Day customs still used in this district are
On May Day no farmer's wife in the district would give away butter or milk for nothing because they would lose the profit of the dairy for a whole year.
Lots of people here collect the dew early on May morning and put it in a bottle as this is supposed to cure any sickness for the year. Another belief in this district is, if people are afraid of having bad churnings during the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Butlerstown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Francis Murphy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 35
- Address
- Butlerstown, Co. Wexford
