School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- (continued from previous page)candle in each, and hung them on the bush. When the day was over the people played games. There was a page put on the wall and all the letters were put on it and a person was blind-folded. He would point out some letter and the letters pointed out were put together. The people would not take the May-bush up, they always leave it in honor of May-day. Another game was played on May - day. A turnip was boiled and when it was taken out, the person that would put his finger into it for half a minute would get six pence.
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- Collector
- Eily Fennelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Ballyshancarragh, Co. Carlow