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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 11_020

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  1. May Eve

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    May Eve
    2nd, May, 1938.
    On May Eve the most of the people stick mountain ash in the four corners of the gardens. Sometimes holy-water is shaken in the four corners of the garden.That is to prevent the crops from been taken .In some places this is not done atall.Long ago
    the people would not get up untill late in the day because they were wating untill they
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Hanrahan
    Gender
    Male