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  1. place-space-environment
    1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
      1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    2. land management (~4,110)
    3. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
  2. time
    1. historical periods by name (~25)
      1. 1798 (~642)
      2. penal times (~4,335)
      3. the great famine (~4,013)
      4. Battle of Kinsale (~2)
      5. Battle of Clontarf (~2)
      6. Battle of Knocknanuss (~6)
      7. Battle of Aughrim (~2)
      8. Battle of the Boyne (~13)
      9. War of Independence (~9)
  3. objects
    1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
      1. shoes (~1,841)
      2. accessories (~307)
    2. man-made structures
      1. buildings
        1. residential buildings (~2,723)
        2. schools (~4,094)
      2. public infrastructure
        1. roads (~2,778)
      3. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
        1. graveyards (~2,501)
  4. activities
    1. supernatural practices
      1. evil eye (~50)
    2. medical practice
      1. folk medicine (~11,815)
        1. medicine for human sicknesses
          1. cancer (~20)
          2. ringworm (~99)
          3. measles (~23)
          4. jaundice (~62)
          5. cough (~30)
          6. stings (~29)
          7. fallen breastbone (~18)
          8. broken or dislocated bones (~21)
          9. thrush (~69)
          10. rheumatism (~57)
          11. thorns (~32)
          12. burns (~116)
          13. scrofula (~18)
          14. tuberculosis (~27)
          15. corns (~27)
          16. warts (~307)
          17. chilblains (~51)
          18. bleeding (~48)
          19. cuts and wounds (~41)
          20. whitlow (~25)
          21. mumps (~70)
          22. sprains (~94)
          23. boils (~39)
          24. rickets (~12)
          25. erysipelas (~99)
          26. sciatica (~7)
          27. sore throat (~69)
          28. colds (~62)
          29. sties (~76)
          30. hiccups (~28)
          31. sore eyes (~94)
          32. headache (~58)
          33. earache (~35)
          34. backache (~25)
          35. toothache (~180)
          36. whooping-cough (~234)
    3. economic activities
      1. catching animals
        1. fishing (~216)
      2. trades and crafts (~4,680)
        1. basket-making (~471)
        2. coopering (~87)
        3. dyeing (~134)
        4. candle-making (~728)
        5. soap-making (~74)
        6. nail-making (~117)
        7. lime-burning (~280)
        8. smithing (~2,389)
        9. rope-making (~133)
        10. spinning and weaving (~482)
        11. tanning (~61)
        12. thatching (~353)
      3. agriculture (~2,659)
        1. butter and churns (~3,280)
        2. potatoes (~2,701)
        3. animal husbandry (~2,587)
          1. calling animals (~71)
          2. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
            1. elf-shot (~18)
            2. blackleg (~21)
            3. farcy (~12)
            4. worms (~35)
      4. trade
        1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    4. social activities (~7)
      1. rites of passage (~573)
        1. death (~1,076)
        2. birth (~49)
        3. marriage (~4,283)
      2. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
        1. toys (~1,598)
        2. games
          1. wake games (~170)
  5. agents (~1)
    1. people
      1. names (~166)
      2. secret societies (~18)
        1. Whiteboys (~74)
        2. Fenians (~141)
        3. Ribbonmen (~10)
      3. factions (~230)
      4. robbers (~423)
      5. landlords (~17)
    2. people by social grouping
      1. travellers (~3,023)
      2. palatines (~4)
      3. spalpeens (~14)
    3. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
      1. Balar (~5)
      2. Biddy Early (~186)
      3. hags (~139)
        1. Hag of Beara (~28)
        2. hare-hag (~41)
      4. Conall Cearnach (~2)
      5. Conchobhar Mac Neasa (~3)
      6. Cormac Mac Airt (~4)
      7. Crom (~11)
      8. Cú Chulainn (~40)
      9. Donn Fírinne (~10)
      10. magicians (~35)
      11. water-horses (~138)
      12. giants (~518)
      13. Fianna (~595)
        1. Céadach (~8)
        2. Feardhomhain (~6)
        3. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (~137)
        4. Oisín (~27)
      14. Glas Ghoibhneann (~76)
      15. Gobán Saor (~181)
      16. leprechauns (~1,007)
      17. Will-o’-the-wisp (~74)
      18. soothsayers (~116)
      19. banshees (~369)
      20. black pig (~84)
      21. mermaids (~305)
      22. saints
        1. Brigid (~124)
        2. Colm Cille (~265)
        3. Patrick (~489)
      23. Petticoat Loose (~75)
    4. historical persons (~5,068)
      1. Hugh Roe O'Donnell (~5)
      2. Brian Boru (~7)
      3. Charles Stewart Parnell (~6)
      4. Cromwell (~315)
      5. Dean Swift (~11)
      6. Daniel O'Connell (~175)
      7. Denis Browne (Denis of the Rope) (~25)
      8. Ned of the Hill (~25)
      9. Owen Roe O'Neill (~14)
      10. Grace O'Malley (~10)
      11. Vikings (~42)
        1. Viking beer (~26)
      12. Myles the Slasher (~9)
      13. O'Sullivan Beare (~30)
      14. Patrick Sarsfield (~22)
      15. Seán na Sagart (~51)
      16. Theobald Wolfe Tone (~5)
    5. animal-lore (~1,185)
      1. newts (~8)
      2. bird-lore (~2,478)
        1. wrens (~39)
      3. foxes (~151)
  6. events
    1. hardship (~1,565)
      1. drowning (~292)
      2. fires (~306)
      3. shipwrecks (~384)
      4. plagues and epidemics (~104)
    2. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
      1. New Year (~74)
      2. Good Friday (~52)
      3. May (~639)
      4. Easter (~163)
      5. Ash Wednesday (~39)
      6. Whitsun (~59)
      7. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
      8. Feast of St Martin (~177)
      9. Feast of St Patrick (~140)
      10. Feast of St John (~208)
      11. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
      12. Shrovetide (~188)
      13. Epiphany (~58)
      14. the Days of the Brindled Cow (~51)
      15. Christmas (~455)
      16. Halloween (~934)
  7. processes and phenomena
    1. rain and floods (~124)
    2. severe weather (~1,727)
    3. winds (~357)
    4. frost and snow (~299)
    5. thunder and lightning (~109)
    6. drought (~35)
  8. genre
    1. belief (~391)
      1. folk belief (~2,535)
        1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. folk drama (~8)
    3. verbal arts (~1,483)
      1. curses (~34)
      2. charms (~104)
      3. prayers (~3,266)
      4. jokes (~6,086)
      5. proverbs (~4,377)
      6. riddles (~7,209)
    4. poetry
      1. the beggars' litany (~23)
      2. folk poetry (~9,504)
    5. glossaries (~227)
    6. narratives (~478)
      1. religious tales (~1,085)
        1. the Holy Family (~429)
    7. weather-lore (~6,442)
  9. products
    1. food products (~3,601)
      1. bread (~2,063)