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School: Kilmeague, Naas (roll number 10829)

Location:
Cill Maodhóg, Co. Chill Dara
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 285

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  1. Festival Customs - May Day

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    May Day
    On the first day of May people decorate a bush with flowers and egg shells, because it is the first day of Summer. They paint the egg shells and they pick the flowers in the fields. Then they stick it up where everybody can see it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Festival Customs - Christmas Eve

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    Christmas Eve.
    On Christmas Eve children hang up their stockings for Father Christmas to fill with toys. If Father Christmas does not fill the stockings it shows that they were not asleep when he came. So if we go asleep we will get our toys.
    Vera Spooner.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Nollaig (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Spooner
    Gender
    Female