School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 14_010
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May Eve 3;5;38
On May Eve people are afraid anyone would steal their butter or potatoes.To prevent this they stick a quickbeam tree every tilled field ,and shake holy water near it. Some people stay up all night looking about the outhouses .
More stick four horse nails in the cowhouse door ,and if one fell during the night they would have bad luck for that year,and if two fell some of the cattle would die people stop working early for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Namara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Knocknageeha, Co. Clare
