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School: Ballyleague (roll number 5973)

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Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon
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Patrick O' Dowd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 222

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    member of the family makes a cross, On that day year they were down and new ones put in their places. Some people leave them from year to year until there are ten or twelve crosses in it
    On May Day it is the custom to gather primroses and shake them around the doors Afterwards they are tied on a pole and placed in the dunghill or thatch.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Barlow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontuskert, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Banaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Erenagh, Co. Roscommon