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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 235

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    or child they will never recover.
    May Eve:
    It is a custom to put a May bush up on May Eve. It is decorated with egg shells and flowers. People go around stealing these May bushes and if it stolen all your luck goes along with it. It is thought also that the first at the well on a May morning will have all the luck for the year.
    St. Peter and Paul:
    On St. Peter and Paul's night a big bon-fire is lit and when it is almost out
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Field
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath