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School: Cill Cheallaigh (B.)

Location:
Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Siadhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 95

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    taken at that supper formerly but it was not tasted again by young or old until Easter Sunday.
    May Day
    There is a feast held every year on the first day of May. The people believed that witches took the butter from the milk on that day. If anybody entered the house when people were churning on that day he gave a few beats of the churn-dash to the milk so that he would not be suspected of stealing the butter. The people gave the cow udder's a special dressing on that day.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Siadhail
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Kilkelly, Co. Mayo