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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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An Cabhán, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 070

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    used to turn themselves into witches and parade round about the district with churn dashes on their shoulders. There was a woman who went in the parade on May Eve and the next morning she was found dead in her on byre. The man that I heard this story from said that these witches used to work some magic so that when their neighbours would churn they would have no butter on the milk. Another may custom is the May bush. That is the only custom that is still kept up.
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Bealtaine (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Aghnaglogh, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mrs Mac Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs T. Smith
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    Aghnaglogh, Co. an Chabháin