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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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  1. May Eve and May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0489

    Mary Ita Kenrick, Mrs Michael Kenrick

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  2. May Day

    CBÉS 0493

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  3. May Day

    CBÉS 0494

    Mairé Ní Choileáin, Mr Broderick

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  4. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    Donal Linehan, Edmond Linehan

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  5. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    John Murphy, Timothy Murphy

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  6. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    Eugene Sullivan

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  7. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    James Fitzgibbon, Michael Fitzgerald

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  8. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    Michael Fitzgerald, Mr Michael Wall

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  9. May Day

    CBÉS 0497

    John Walsh, Mrs P. Walsh

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  10. May Day

    CBÉS 0500

    Alphonsus Madden

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  11. A Song

    “It was a fine day in the middle of May”

    CBÉS 0501

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  12. Festival Customs - May Day

    CBÉS 0506

    Clarrie Alfred

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    “If you take three meals of nettles between Old May Day and New May Day...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

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  14. May Day

    CBÉS 0508

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  15. A May Day Legend

    CBÉS 0510

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  16. May Day - Pishogues

    CBÉS 0516

    Mr Thomas Sheehan

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  17. May Day - Pishogues

    CBÉS 0516

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    “One day in May, I rode a gray, ¶ To sweet Tipperary races.”

    CBÉS 0519

    Mina Birrane, Mr Birrane

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