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School: Cluain Róiste (roll number 6959)

Location:
Clonroche, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 219

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    in to the house and is put over the door. Everybody walks in under it. This is said to bring luck for the year.
    On May day we are supposed to get up at six o'clock before sunrise, and go out and skim the wells and say "I will have my milk and butter.
    If you change from one house to another on Saturday you will have bad luck.
    If you whitewash in May you sweep the luck away. May day the dirt swept from the floor should not be swept out the door but should be swept into the fire.
    Mary Anne Rochford 3.3.38
    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
    Mary Anne Rochford
    Gender
    Female