School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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- (continued from previous page)No. 2 May day
It is much like to that of New years day but it deals but it deals more with milk butter, cream, and cows If a woman was seen out on May eve the people would say she was out for the purpose of stealing the crops She would not take them, but she would go into the garden and if she only took a blade of grass she would destroy the crops If people were selling milk they would not give it out on May day they would give it out the night before
Woman go out and milk cows that night and cause the cows they milk to have no cream in their milk and very little milk If a farmer(continues on next page)
