School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Baile na mBreatnach Thuaidh, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 402
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Hallow-Eve night is a very exciting night in some places. People have nuts and apples in plenty and a farm-breac with a ring in it for tea.
Sometimes the young men gather together about ten o'clock at night. They sometimes tie the doors of the houses with ropes.
Some of them gather the goats of the parish and tie them at Walshestown cross-roads.
Philomena Healy.
- On May day a May bush is erected in front of almost every country house.
It is made by getting a small bush and putting small bunches of flowers like primroses on it. They are tied to the branches of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Richard Mulready
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. na hIarmhí
