School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)
- Location:
- Rea, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 514
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- (continued from previous page)then that "she was the hare".
- Long ago it was the custom on May Eve to bless the cattle and crops.
One should not sit on the grass or pick flowers on May Day.
Milk should not be given away on May Day without shaking salt on it.
If any one came in on May Eve and a churn was being made, he or she take a turn at it for fear they would carry the butter. - Informant
- Ita Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sluicequarter, Co. Kerry
