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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 348

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    May Eve:- The people scatter primroses at the door to welcome the May. Early on May morning every one likes to wash his face in the dew, so that the scorching summer's sun will not tan one's face. If ashes are thrown out on May morning the luck is thrown out also. It is not lucky to give away milk on May day as no butter would be taken off the milk for a year.
    It is customary to eat many eggs on Easter Sunday. Long ago the old and young feasted on this day. A fire is lighted in a field and the young folk
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Leyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Leyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossna, Co. Roscommon