School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

Location:
Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 465

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    5. They believed that if there were an increase in your stock (cattle for example) on May-day you would not have "as large a count" on the following May-Day.
    6. They had superstitions regarding as they said "the first smoke," that is, there were slow in lighting their fires on May-day - John preferred to see the smoke curl from his neighbor's chimney before if would rise out of the chimney of his own house.
    Francis Earley (75)
    Eden, Downs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.