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School: Mullagh (B)

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Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Drury
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 064

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    On May day morning some children get a small haw-thorn bush and dress it up like a Christmas tree. Then they take it and carry it around their village singing rhymes such as:-
    Here we go gathering nuts of May,
    nuts of May,
    On a cold and frosty morning.
    The old people are so glad with the children that they give them pennies and when the day is over they buy sweets and fruit and a lot of other things with which they have a feast that evening.
    On May day people used to tie a red ribbon on horse's or cow's tails for fear that the "Good people" would "over look" them.
    On the first of May people would not lend money or give a drink, for they said you would give their luck away.
    On May day people used to clean out their wells and white-wash the inside
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan