School: Doirín Árd, Béal Átha an Dá Chab (roll number 15969)

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1. Lore of Certain Days (continued)

   

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   and wash themselves with the dew and dry themselves with the sun.
   They washed themselves with water that was never rained or run.
   Long ago the Pagan Irish lit fires in honour of their false God called Bealtaine on May Eve, but when St. Patrick came to Ireland he changed all this to St. John's Eve and it is on St. Johns Eve, the fires are lit over the crops since then
   Before the sun shines on May morning the green May should be brought in and if you would keep it inside until next May good luck would come to the house. People make rounds to blessed wells on May Eve and pray while they are going a round.
   One thing that is commonly known in Mayday[?] is the nettling in school. In merry May the black birds lay. The first of May brings us to a new season called summer. Every one decorates the Altar in summer with May flowers especially with primroses. Soft April showers and sweet May flowers will bring the summer

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Anna O' Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballybane West, Co. Cork