School: Gurrane (B.) (roll number 14839)
- Location:
- Cluain Droichead, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 179
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- May chickens never grow full size.
A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm of bees in July is not worth a butterfly.
On May morning before sunrise, go out into the garden, and the first snail you see, take it up, and put on a plate. Sprinkle lightly on it with flour, place a cabbage leaf over it, and leave there until after sunrise, when you will find the initial letters of their lovers name traced on the flour. Should the snail be quite within his shell when you take it up, your lover will be rich. Should the snail be almost of out of the shell then your future husband will be poor and probably will have no house or home to take you to when you wed him.
- Collector
- Matt Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garrán na gCapall, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Daniel
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
