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School: Stracarne (roll number 16343)

Location:
Sragarn, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 447

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    The old people believe that it is not right to put out the ashes on May Day - which is the first day in May. They say that if you give away anything of May Day that we will be throwing away the whole year. - especially they are very careful about wheck they go with milk on that day. If any one took anything from you on that day you would have no luck the whole year after. If you see a frog on May Day you will cry as much water that day. And that day lifetime
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female