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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 121

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    They put the hair in brushes for cleaning chimneys. The women folks beg alsm from the people such as flour, tea, sugar, bacon, milk and eggs. Joyce is the king of the tinkers.
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  2. May Day

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    The children are al delighted when May day is approaching. A day or two previous the children go out looking for a nice bush and the wild flowers that grow in the fields, mostly the cow slips. They also collect the egg shells from Easter Sunday and place them on the May bush. They tie the flowers on the bush with thread and put it in the garden
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cooldorragh, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Michael Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Cooldorragh, Co. Offaly