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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. Occupations Long Ago

    CBÉS 0130

    Mary Gaughan, Pat Gaughan

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  2. An Arraing

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “On St.Bridget's night some people put out a cloth and leave it outside until the next day.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “For a cow after calving, people believed in getting a sheaf of oats and rubbing soot on it.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “Early before the sun gets up on May day if you go into another man's field and milk one drop from every cow there, you'll have all the butter for the year.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “Some people believe that it is not lucky to send milk out of the house without first putting a tea leaf or pinch of salt into it.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “Tá daoine ann agus oidhche lar Sheain nuair a bhíonn leime Chnámh ag meathlú gheibheann siad sméaróid ón leime agus fágann siad i measc na ngas bpátaí í chun go mbeidh prátaí maithe acu.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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    “It is not lucky for two in the one family to eat sheep's kidney.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mary Gaughan

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