School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 331
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- People are very anxious about the weather at this time because tradition is if it rains that day it will rain for 40 days.
The hay crop (early hay) to ripe then and the danger is great if the weather breaks.St. Swithin's Day if it be fine,
for forty days it will remain
St. Swithin's Day if it be wet,
for forty days the rain we'll get.
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- This is called Michaelmas Day and the people who can kill the first goose of the year in his honour.
This is a time geese are very scarce as the people have not them hatched early enough. So they have to wait for St. Martin's Eve to have the first goose.
The name Michael is a very common one.
