School: Cillín
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- Cillín na Tríonóide, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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- May DayNobody likes to light the first fire in the village on May Day. Women go out on May morning churning the water of a stream between two townlands, they do that to home the water butter of all the townlands during the year. Women also go out drawing a sheet on the dew of the grass, saying while doing so Im a dhá bhaile so ar mo chuid bainnse come butter come.On May day people should not light till they see another fire lit. Some people bring in a daisy and put(continues on next page)
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