School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 329
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- (continued from previous page)Ireland. Another custom was to get a barn-brack and a ring in it.
May-eve :- It was a custom in olden times to shake May flowers round the houses, for luck for the year. On May morning the old people used to go out and wash their faces in the dew. It was also a custom not to give away anything on May day or you would have no luck for the year. The old people used not throw out any dirty water with the ashes on May morning.
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Keon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon
