School: Finternagh
- Location:
- Finternagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhuachalla
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- (continued from previous page)a bit of a skin on the back of the rushes to keep them firm. They hung them in the chimney to dry. They stuck them in grease. Then they left them to harden. They had a board candlestick with an iron holder to hold these rush candles.
- There are many superstitions connected with May day. It is said that if you could wash you face in dew before the sun rises it would be a dry year.
Long ago the people worked some magic spell and changed themselves in hares and rabbits in the fields on a May(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anna May Halton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lurganaveele, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Halton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lurganaveele, Co. Cavan