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School: Finternagh

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Finternagh, Co. Cavan
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C. Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 294

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  1. Rush Candles (continued)

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    a bit of a skin on the back of the rushes to keep them firm. They hung them in the chimney to dry. They stuck them in grease. Then they left them to harden. They had a board candlestick with an iron holder to hold these rush candles.
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  2. May Day

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    There are many superstitions connected with May day. It is said that if you could wash you face in dew before the sun rises it would be a dry year.
    Long ago the people worked some magic spell and changed themselves in hares and rabbits in the fields on a May
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna May Halton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurganaveele, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Halton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurganaveele, Co. Cavan