School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
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- (continued from previous page)When the sun goes down and the sky is red with the rays of the sun the people say it is a sign that the next day will be a beautiful day.
- On May day if a person goes out very early in the morning and washes her face in the dew, it is said that she will always have a beautiful complexion.
When the weather is fine on the first of May the children get a doll and go around from house to house. Long ago the people cut a May bush and put it in the manure heap if they had any and they(continues on next page)- Collector
- Margaret Mathews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Thomas Street, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Neal
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Twenties, Co. Louth