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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. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0275

    Seosaimh Ó Mhurchadha

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  2. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0275

    Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin

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    “On May day if you point the staff of a churn through an elder tree”

    CBÉS 0275

    Peadar Ó h Úrdail

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  4. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0276

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  5. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0276

    Maighread Bean Ní Mhurchadha, Siobhan Ní Murachacha

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  6. A May Day Story

    CBÉS 0281

    Mrs Dennis, Patrick Cronin

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  7. A May Day Custom

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr Thomas Walsh, Thomas Fitzgerald

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  8. Piseogs Connected with May Day

    CBÉS 0282

    Denis Flynn

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  9. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0282

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  10. May Day - Bringing in the Summer

    CBÉS 0285

    Kathleen Daly, Mrs Kate Daly

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  11. Superstition Relating to May Day Eve

    CBÉS 0285

    Mary Mac Carthy

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  12. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0285

    Kitty Driscoll, Mr Patrick Hurley

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  13. May Day

    CBÉS 0289

    Peggy Duggan

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    “May-day was a great day for piseogs.”

    CBÉS 0311

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  15. A Rainy Day Episode

    CBÉS 0312

    May Donovan

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  16. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0312

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  17. May Day

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs William O' Driscoll, Timothy Holland, Timothy Kelly, William O' Driscoll

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    “Some years ago people would not sell milk on May-day for fear they would be in want during the year.”

    CBÉS 0318

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  19. May Day

    CBÉS 0326

    Denis Manning

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  20. May Day

    CBÉS 0326

    Paddy Scriven

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