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Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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  1. Special Days of the Year and Customs and Superstitions Connected with them

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    May Day
    Nobody likes to light the first fire in the village on May Day. Women go out on May morning churning the water of a stream between two townlands, they do that to home the water butter of all the townlands during the year. Women also go out drawing a sheet on the dew of the grass, saying while doing so Im a dhá bhaile so ar mo chuid bainnse come butter come.
    On May day people should not light till they see another fire lit. Some people bring in a daisy and put
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Charles Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ceathrú an Éadain, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    James Mc Hale
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Mhoing Riabhach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Martin Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maighnigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Michael Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ceathrú an Éadain, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Michael Tighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Mhoing Riabhach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Peter Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Cnocán, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Pat Tighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile an Chábáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Peter Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Cnocán, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Sam Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ceathrú an Éadain, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Thomas Munnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Mhoing Riabhach, Co. Mhaigh Eo