School: Robertson (roll number 13372)
- Location:
- Baile an tSratha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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- The month of May is greatly given to superstition. On May Eve, it is a custom for the people to go out and gather May flowers and put them on the window sills to keep away the witches. You should never take off any of your Winter clothes till May is out so the old saying goes,
“N’er cast a clout
Till May is out.” No body should bathe in for,
“Those who bathe in May
Will soon be in the clay.” Country farmers light fires in their yards on May Eve and when the clock strikes twelve that night, they take out their cattle and drive them round the fire, repeating the Three Best Names. This will(continues on next page)- Collector
- Roland Greene
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Dhún na nGall