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School: Liatra (roll number 13341)

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Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Mac Sheoin
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    the dew on May morning. The person who does this will not get sunburned for the year.
    If a person brought the butter out of a neighbour's house by bringing milk out during a churning, it is said that if the person, from whom the butter is brought, went out on May morning and pulled the grass from between the hoofs of his neighbours cows that the person would have no butter for the year.
    It is thought dangerous to go near water on Whit Sunday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Delia Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pollynoon, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Ruddy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cloonfineen, Co. Roscommon