School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)
- Location:
- Rampark, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0660, Page 301
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- (continued from previous page)candles in honour of the day. There is an old saying about Candlemas day.Candlemas day be fair and clear you'll have two winters in one yearSaint Patricks Day :-
On Saint Patricks Day the people ware a shamrock in their breast.
It is said that the men go to the public house and drown their shamrocks in whiskey.Saint Swithens Day :-
It is said that if it rains on Saint Swithens day it will rain for forty days and forty nights.May Day :-
An old woman who lives in this district went out one may morning with a sheet and dragged it along the grass.
When she did this a few times she went into the house and wrung the dew off the sheet into a crock. This is how she stole the butter from her neighbours.
On may day the children make may bushes and put them in front of their houses.
They also throw may flowers on the roofs of their houses.(continues on next page)
