School: An Clochar, Cill Ruis
- Location:
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Pól
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- The older people would never give away milk or butter on May Eve in case they would run short during the year.Another custom is - a person would go early on May morning and skim the top off a neighbour's well with a saucer. By doing this he would get all the riches of the neighbour's farm and the person that skimmed the well would be rich while the neighbours would be poor.If a person goes out early on May morning and washes his face in the dew he will be preserved from sickness throughout the whole year.
- The person who gets up first on May morning has the privilege of bringing in a bit of whitethorn bush which must be in full bloom and a piece of furze bush. On May Eve all the people bring in sufficient water for next day.
- Collector
- Mary O' Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullagower, Co. Clare