Superstitions
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On May Eve some people put up a quicken berry branch on the gates and doors to keep the fairies away.
More old people wouldn't like to give a drop of milk away on May Day. They say it would be unlucky.
People long ago used to redden the sock of the plough on May Eve and put it in under the churn, when the churning would be ready.
This was to keep the fairies out of the churning.
More old people wouldn't like to give a drop of milk away on May Day. They say it would be unlucky.
People long ago used to redden the sock of the plough on May Eve and put it in under the churn, when the churning would be ready.
This was to keep the fairies out of the churning.