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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (C.) (roll number 13501)

Location:
Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Géaraidh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 238

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Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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May Day.
On this day milk is not given away. If this is done there will not be much butter on the milk for the year. People do not allow coals from the fire to be taken out of the house for fear the good luck of the house would go with the person who took them.
|Old people say that it is not lucky to bu [?] "Lasóg" during the month of May.

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Collector
Mary Mc Hugh
Gender
female
Address
Cloonflyn, Co. Mayo
Informant
Anthony Mc Hugh
Gender
male
Address
Cloonflyn, Co. Mayo
Language
English