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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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    “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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  2. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday and Monday

    CBÉS 0207

    Monica Tierney, William Allen

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  3. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0233

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  4. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0326

    Kathleen O' Riordan

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    “From the Glen (Co. Limerick) district I learn that Whit Monday is an unlucky day for births, whether of human or animal.”

    CBÉS 0507

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  6. Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0621

    John O' Dwyer

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    “A child born on Whit Sunday will have the "evil blow", that is, a stone thrown from his hand will prove fatal.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Bernard Gaughran

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    “If you bathe on Whit Sunday you are sure to be drowned.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Bernard Gaughran

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    “If you are sick on Whit Sunday you will be sick all the year round.”

    CBÉS 0661

    Bernard Gaughran

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  10. An Unlucky Day - Whit Monday

    CBÉS 0687

    Tom Neill

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  11. Whitsuntide

    CBÉS 0706

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  12. Important Days and Their Customs - Whitsunday

    CBÉS 0711

    Mrs Reilly, Patricia Reilly

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  13. Whit Sunday and Whit Monday

    CBÉS 0715

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    “Whit Sunday is the cross day in the year and the following week is the cross week.”

    CBÉS 0740

    Kate Donegan

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  15. Whit Sunday - Whit Monday

    CBÉS 0742

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    “Whit Monday is a bad day for buying...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Patrick Lyons

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  17. Domhnach Cincíse

    CBÉS 0787

    Cathal Mac Fhíonntaigh, Neans Ní Chealachain

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  18. A Whit Foal

    CBÉS 0804

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    “Anything born on a Whit Sunday is unlucky...”

    CBÉS 0827

    Ann Heffernan

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  20. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0870

    Patrick Kehoe

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