School: Cnocán Mhichíl Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 364
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- (continued from previous page)either a doll or a sod of turf dressed up as a doll. They get money and they buy sweets with it.
- If a person wanted to preserve their beauty , they would have to get up one hour before sun-rise and wash their face in dew off the grass on May morning.
It is a custom with the drivers of trains to put a bush on the engine of the train they are driving on May day.
It is said that the cock dances on the dung-hill on May morning. - Collector
- Amy Gilligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
