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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 Day and Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0013

    Mary Delia Caulfield, Michael Ruddy

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  2. Whit Sunday and Whit Monday

    CBÉS 0028

    Mrs Manning, Pat Joe Manning

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    “Whit Monday is the unluckiest day in the year.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Kemple

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  4. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0055

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  5. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0095C

    Mary Kate Kelly

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  6. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0095C

    Annie M. Reilly, Patrick Reilly

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  7. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0095C

    Margaret Kearns

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  8. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0117

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    “It is not right to go bathing on Whit Sunday.”

    CBÉS 0137B

    Míchael Kilcoyne

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    “It is not right to go bathing on Whit Sunday.”

    CBÉS 0137B

    Martin Armstrong

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  11. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday and Whit Monday

    CBÉS 0138

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  12. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0138D

    Áine Ní Oistín

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  13. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0138D

    Máire Ní Raghallaigh

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  14. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0151

    James Gallagher, Maura Gallagher

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  15. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0152

    Tomás Ó Leonard

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  16. Whit Sunday Customs

    CBÉS 0168

    Miss B. Kivelehan, Teresa Tiernan

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  17. Whit Sunday Customs

    CBÉS 0168

    Miss P. Munnelly

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    “Whit Sunday is an unlucky day to be born. It is said any person born on Whit Sunday would commit murder.”

    CBÉS 0190

    John Meehan

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  19. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday and Monday

    CBÉS 0207

    Monica Tierney, William Allen

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    “Any animal was born on Whit-Monday must be put under the sod as it was considered unlucky.”

    CBÉS 0228

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