School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- All people wear shamrocks. Little boys & girls ribbons & harps. Some wear St. Patrick's crosses, bought, made of green ribbons.
Drowning the shamrock - taking intoxicating liquor.
Four-leafed shamrock, much sought after, suppsoed to bring luck. Saw my mother & she had only to walk out & she could pick them up. Did it on one occasion for a Limerick visitor to his very great joy.
- Greatest time for matchmaking. Some say - "What's bound in spring is loosened in autumn"
