School: Kilbeggan (B.)
- Location:
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 326
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- People dont like meeting red-haired women on May day. In some places you would not get a drink of milk or a "Light for your pipe" on May Day.In parts of Roscommon people take steps to prevent bad luck with cattle & stock on that day. Before sunrise the farmer walks round all his farm & shakes salt & Holy water in each of the corners of the farm. This is supposed to prevent bad luck caused by the death of farm stock.
- Collector
- P.T. Jordan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
- Sprinkle the crops with Holy Water on May Day & you will have good crops that year. If you churn on May Day you will have butter all the year round.
