It was a ritual in my father's time to walk the farm on May Eve with a bottle of Easter Water - that is water that had been blessed during Easter to make it 'Holy'.  This was sprinkled in the four corners of the farm, in the gaps, and on the animals, using a palm branch, which had been blessed on Palm Sunday, to keep them safe for the coming year. It kept away the fairies who would take the cream off the milk and therefore the profits for the year.

Irish Superstitions

I really don't know if my father actually believed these piseogs (Irish superstitions) but if he didn't, he wasn't taking any chances.  He performed this ritual each May Eve. 

Evening Walk

This was a lovely evening to walk around Our Smallholding, checking on the poultry and animals as I did so. Little Nefi, the Nubian goat had broken back out of her paddock for the third time today, through electric fencing and over chain link fencing.  I'm becoming convinced that nothing will stop this lady from going where-ever she wants to go!

Sunset

The sun was an immense ball of glowing orange/red as it sank below the horizon this evening while the last few birds made their way home to roost for the night.