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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 29_018

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  1. May Day

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    If you wash your hands in the dew on May Day morning before the sun gets up, you will be able to loosen any knot for the year.
    They say if you give away any milk or butter on May Day you will have no milk or butter for a year.
    Once my grandfather and grandmother was walking on a May Day and a form of a sac heart and little bits taken out of it all about and any beast or person that would be sick and get a drink of the back of it would get better again so she gave it to some one
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Wallace
    Gender
    Male