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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. Weather

    “When chickens cherp and hens cackle tis a sign of rain...”

    CBÉS 0867

    Eibhlín Ní Cinnéidig

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  2. Weather

    “When fog comes down Ryan's Hill tis a sign of rain...”

    CBÉS 0867

    Micheál Ó Gleainadráin

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  3. Weather

    “A robin singing on the top of a bush early in the morning is a sign of a fine day.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Mína Nic Óda

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  4. Weather

    “When a new room falls on Saturday twill end bad.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Nioclás O Caolaidhe

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  5. Weather

    “A rainbow in the morning gives the shepherd warning...”

    CBÉS 0867

    S. Beistéin

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  6. Weather

    “A rainbow in the morning gives the shepherd warning...”

    CBÉS 0867

    S. Beistéin

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  7. Weather

    “A rainbow at night is a Shephards delight.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Mína Nic Óda

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  8. Weather

    “When the ducks are "bawling" sure sign of bad weather.”

    CBÉS 0867

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  9. Raths

    CBÉS 0867

    Bill Wellwood, Mína Nic Óda

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    “A man who was ploughing saw dread and meat on a cloth near the rath (in the field of which he was working).”

    CBÉS 0867

    Bill Wellwood

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    “Holohans were making flowerbeds and decided to get clay (leaf mould) from the rath.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Bill Wellwood, Liam Mac Óda

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    “There are numerous stories told in the district of people who cut bushes in raths suffering from blood poisoning caused by pricks from thorns of the bushes cut in raths.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  13. Stong Men Athlethes etc

    CBÉS 0867

    O Gleanndáin, Tomás O Gleanndáin

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    “Tom Proctor (he died about ten years ago aged 70) carried a sheep from the little paddock to their own yard...”

    CBÉS 0867

    Campion, Diarmuid Campion

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    “Another story of the same John Loughman - who is still remembered as having been a "wonderful strong man"...”

    CBÉS 0867

    Seán Mac Giobáin

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  16. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0867

    Joe Healy

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  17. Local Cures - For Rheumatism

    CBÉS 0867

    Mrs M. Coady

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  18. Local Cures - For Burn by Scalding Water

    CBÉS 0867

    Mrs M. Coady

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  19. Local Cures - To Raise Breast Bone

    CBÉS 0867

    William Keyes

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  20. Local Cures - Toothache

    CBÉS 0867

    Pat Dwyer

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