School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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- There is a custom around this place that on May Day people put up a May bush which is generally made of a black thorn branch.
They put this branch standing on the ground outside their door.
They gather flowers principally cowslips and tie them in little bunches and decorate the bush with them. The shells of the eggs that the hens lay on Good Friday and that are eaten on Easter Sunday are kept and put on the May bush.
The May bush must be put down before the Sun sets on the eve of May day.
There is a fair in Bally-(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Fenlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Patrick Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly