Add to ORKGmayWhen I went to see Mr. Roche one day in May a few years ago I noticed a long sapling, which had been stripped of all its boughs except for a plume that had been left on top, tied, standing upright, to the front of the gate-post. Mr. Roche explained [see 'May Tree'] and 'May-Bush' [... [Reverse] ...when I asked that this was his May Pole which he put there the first of May and left for the whole month because it brought luck. He said he and his family had always done it and his parents before him. The other people in the area, who were farmers and called either Roche or Dougan also had May Poles. My parents say they've often seen them in other communities as well. Mr. Roche is of pure Irish descent and was in his eighties at the tim...