School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 105
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- (continued from previous page)married before a year has passed.
- On May Day (1st May) each year the children make a may-bush. They get a branch of a white-thorn bush (the may bush) and decorate it with ribbons and papers of different colours. They collect the shells of the eggs that have been eaten on Easter Sunday and from(continues on next page)
