May Day

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Kathleen Devins, Mr Joseph Devins

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Custom on May Day

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Mary Sweeney, Mrs P. Sweeney

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May Day

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Festival Customs - May Day

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Eileen Mc Atarsney, Miss Kelly

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“Down to Auntie Biddy's came a ¶ Leiney clip one day”

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May O' Connell, Mr J Mc Loughlin

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“Early before the sun gets up on May day if you go into another man's field and milk one drop from every cow there, you'll have all the butter for the year.”

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Mary Gaughan

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“People believe that it is not lucky to give anything to a neighbour on May Day.”

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Miss Allen

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“The first person to take a can of water from a well on Michaelmas Day will haul the butter of the owner of the land in which the well is until May Day.”

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Mrs Matthews

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Old May Day Customs

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St Brigid's Day

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May Mc Gettrick

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“Some people say that if you came into a house on May day...”

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Michael Wynne, Mr Martin Wynne

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