School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)
- Location:
- Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 09_061
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- There was once a man going to westport on may morning and when he was near at westport he seen a woman inside in a field winding up thread and the woman said come half to me come half to me and the man said come all to me come all to me and he seen the buttering comming out in the holes of his shoes.
If you wash your hands in the due of the grass on a may morning you will be able to undo any knot for the year.
It is not right to borrow milk of may(continues on next page)
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- Bridgie Browne
- Gender
- Female
