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School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)

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Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 017

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 017

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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  2. May Day Traditions

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    On May day if a person goes out very early in the morning and washes her face in the dew, it is said that she will always have a beautiful complexion.
    When the weather is fine on the first of May the children get a doll and go around from house to house. Long ago the people cut a May bush and put it in the manure heap if they had any and they
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