School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- Pancakes eaten. Ring in pancakes. Finder first to be married,
- [?] but old fasts prescribed by Church. Smoking & c given up. Some don't drink.
- Eligible unmarried bachelors chalked at church door.
- May Eve - bonfires and people plant mountain ash in (tilled fields) gardens as a preservation against wiles of Good People
Witchcraft of neigbours.It was supposed that certain people on May Eve had the power(continues on next page)