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Old May

This happened once very early on Old May morning, and afterwards he met her several times as he was returning home from visiting his sweetheart

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This happened once very early on Old May morning, and afterwards he met her several times as he was returning home from visiting his sweetheart (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

The day meant is, as I have already said, Old Mayday, in Manx Shenn Laa Boaldyn, the belltaine of Cormac's Glossary, Scotch Gaelic bealtuinn (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: This happened once very early on Old May morning, and afterwards he met her several times as he was returning home from visiting his sweetheart (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

    "This happened once very early on Old May morning, and afterwards he met her several times as he was returning home from visiting his sweetheart."

  • attestation: The day meant is, as I have already said, Old Mayday, in Manx Shenn Laa Boaldyn, the belltaine of Cormac's Glossary, Scotch Gaelic bealtuinn (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

    "The day meant is, as I have already said, Old Mayday, in Manx Shenn Laa Boaldyn, the belltaine of Cormac's Glossary, Scotch Gaelic bealtuinn."