School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 207
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- On May day morning, children get a small haw-thorn bush or at least a branch of one on which there is haw-thorn in bloom. On this bush they tie all kinds of coloured ribbons, papers, tinsel or other decorations left after the Xmas decorations till it is a gorgeous sight.Then, they take it and carry it in procession around their village singing rhymes such as:-"Here we go gathering nuts of May, Nuts of May,
On a cold and frosty morning;
The old people are so pleased at the sign of Summer which the "May bush" surely is, that they shower pennies on the children, who buy all sorts of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joan Martin
- Gender
- Female
