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School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)

Location:
Boher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Margaret A. Malone
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 301

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    you will not get a cold.
    A special effort is made to get to a spring well first on May morning and to get a drink out of it.
    It is unlucky to let milk, salt, butter or fire out of the house on May Eve except you are selling it.
    On May Eve a newly cut bush is set before the door. It is decorated with wild violets and cowslips. It is called The May Bush. It is put there to welcome the first month of Summer. A bush is burned and each animal is to be hit with it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Sally Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortlassabrien, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Sarah Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortlassabrien, Co. Tipperary