School: Glencairn (roll number 1179)

Location:
Glencairn, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 17

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 17

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  3. XML “Saint John's Day”
  4. XML “May Eve”

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    the bonfires. In some places a crowd gathers and dance around the bonfire. As the fire goes down they go in to their homes and tell stories about St. John's Eve.
    Mrs. Flynn
    Glencourn
    Co. Waterford
    Age 58
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. On May Eve people do not like to be out late because the fairies would take them away.
    On May Eve morning old people go out in the fields and pick herbs which they keep all the year round. Any person who gets a sore throat the old people would give the herbs to cure them. The old people scatter butter-cups at their cow house' door so that no evil spirits would steal the butter when people are churning.
    If any person goes in to house when people are churning they would not be allowed out
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