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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0375

    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  2. Local Cures

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  3. Local Roads

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  4. My Home District

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

    Ballyshurdane, Co. Cork

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  5. Proverbs

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    Dan Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  6. Riddles

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  7. Festival Days

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  8. Care of the Feet

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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    “On May eve night long ago witches would come and change the cream into froth so that no butter could be made out of it.”

    CBÉS 0375

    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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    “The local smiths were able to cure rickets in children by a certain charm...”

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  11. Clothes Made Locally

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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    “Anna, Countess of Kingston, who was the estate owner of our land...”

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  13. Food in Olden Times

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  14. Bread

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  15. Coins

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  16. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0375

    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  17. Castle Gael

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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    “When a teacher named Mr Hegarty was teaching the people in this district a poor scholar came to get education.”

    CBÉS 0375

    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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  19. The Gobán Saor

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    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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    “One night a man named O' Brien who was living in Knockanevin Kildorrery Co. Cork was coming home from Michelstown, Co. Cork...”

    CBÉS 0375

    Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Mr Thomas Mc Carthy

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