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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 099

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    it and drive their cattle through the smoke, with also the young children, to preserve them from the spell of witchcraft" This was the story told by the peasant as he heard it through the traditions of his father.
    The May day Dance
    In Ireland it is still retained as a favourite pastime of the people on May day, when all the young men and maidens held hands, and dance in a circle around a tree hung with ribbons and garlands, or round a bonfire moving in curves from right to left, as if imitating the windings of a serpent.
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