School: Sallybank
- Location:
- Droim Saileach (Merritt), Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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- Long ago on May Eve the farmer used to send a member of his family out with a piece of mountain ash to stick it on the potato crop and one on the corn crop and turnips and mangold.
The reason was that it kept people from taking their crops.Story
When Brian Boru was at war with the Danes, he used to kill alot of them but next day they used to be alive and fight against him again. an old woman told him to stick a scolip of mountain ash on them and they would never rise again.St John's Eve
Cattle were driven through fire on St John's Eve to prevent(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh Roighneach Beag, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Mr James O' Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Achadh Roighneach Beag, Co. an Chláir