School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)
- Location:
- Kilmaley, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Asaoid
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56 May Day etc.
The fairies have more power over people on May day than at any other time of the year.
On May eve fires were lit and children and cattle were passed through them for purification.
Those who were abroad on May eve heard strange and unearthly music in the forts.
Cinders were put under the churn on may day and flowers on the horns of cattle to keep away ill luck or fairy interference.
if a young girl met a white snail first on May morning it meant good fortune ,and a good husband, but a black snail seen first was a harbinger of death.it was a good sign to see a white lamb on one's left side ,but, a bad one to hear the little false cuckoo.
Lambs are marked on Columba's day.(continues on next page)
