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The Schools’ Collection

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

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    “Long ago people had many superstitions about the days of the week.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Eileen Brien

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  2. May Day

    CBÉS 0467

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    “Not 20 years ago my brother had a man working in the field when a whirl wind sprung up around them.”

    CBÉS 0467

    May O Sullivan

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    “My grandmother who is now 89 years old told me the following story as her father had told it to her.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Mary Teresa O Sullivan, Mrs Gleeson

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    “Long ago in the olden times our grandmothers and grandfathers had good healthy food.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Eileen O Brien

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    “It is said that Stague Fort was built in one night.”

    CBÉS 0467

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    “A man was going home one night after a gamble and on his way passing a house he saw a woman standing outside it.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Eileen O Brien

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    “They knew how to tan leather round here.”

    CBÉS 0467

    May O Sullivan

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    “Some say it is very lucky to churn on May day and May day butter was supposed to cure any sore, though I heard another old woman, still living, say it was wrong to churn on May day.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Mrs M. O Sullivan

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  10. Irish Words

    CBÉS 0467

    Sheila O Shea

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    “Trammel fishing was the most used formerly, and those nets were home made.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Myles O' Shea

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    “The people long ago used to grow flax for the use of linen making.”

    CBÉS 0467

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  13. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0467

    Margaret Egan

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  14. Old Cures

    “There were a great many cures for sickness in the olden times.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Agnes White

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    “In olden times there were a lot of fairies but they are not to be seen now.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Margaret Egan

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    “Years ago there was a very old woman who lived in a thatched house.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Margaret Egan

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    “Years ago a man was living by himself in a house.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Margaret Egan

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    “On the Gloragh mountains a white hare was seen for three Sundays.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Agnes White

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    “There lived long ago, a man who owned land in which was a fort.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Mrs Abby Sullivan, Sheila O' Shea

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    “Burnt briar leaves powdered finely are a cure for chafed skin.”

    CBÉS 0467

    Mary Teresa O Sullivan

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