School: Corrdún
- Location:
- An Cartún, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)No lighted sod or borrowed fire of any sort allowed out of the house
Milk or butter never give out on May Eve. No stranger was allowed to handle a cow either to milk or to buy
The first three days of May were considered dangerous to cattle and fires were usually kindled in the fields to protect them
Branches of trees -whitethorn were hung on the stable door. The milker of the cow that day made the sign of the cross three times instead of the usual once with the milk, on the cows hip.
During the first three days fairies entered the house. They came disguised as old men or women in order to steal coals and in order to prevent them primroses were scattered on the doorway no fairy could pass this flower
The first can of (f) water from the spring well brings great luck for the year.
