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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

    CBÉS 0147

    Bridgie Mc Hale

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  2. May Day

    CBÉS 0149

    Thomas Grehan

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  3. May Day

    CBÉS 0149

    Charles Kelly

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  4. May Day

    CBÉS 0152

    Anthony Clarke

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  5. May Morning

    CBÉS 0155

    Patrick Mc Hugh, William Mc Gloin

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  6. May Eve Customs

    CBÉS 0157

    Mary Mc Gowan

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  7. May Day

    CBÉS 0157

    Kathleen Devins, Mr Joseph Devins

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  8. Béasaí agus Nósanna Lae Bealtaine

    CBÉS 0157

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  9. Custom on May Day

    CBÉS 0163

    Mary Sweeney, Mrs P. Sweeney

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  10. May Day

    CBÉS 0169

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  11. Festival Customs - May Day

    CBÉS 0169

    Eileen Mc Atarsney, Miss Kelly

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  12. May Customs

    CBÉS 0170

    Pádhraic Ó Braonáin, Willie Gallagher

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  13. May Night

    CBÉS 0171

    Mrs Mary Small

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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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    “People believe that it is not lucky to give anything to a neighbour on May Day.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Miss Allen

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    “The first person to take a can of water from a well on Michaelmas Day will haul the butter of the owner of the land in which the well is until May Day.”

    CBÉS 0171

    Mrs Matthews

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  17. Milking of Cows on May Morning - A Story of Witchery

    CBÉS 0172

    Joe Mc Guinn, Pat Waters

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  18. Old May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0183

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    “Some people say that if you came into a house on May day...”

    CBÉS 0185

    Michael Wynne, Mr Martin Wynne

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  20. Taking the Butter on a May Morning

    CBÉS 0190

    Pádraig Ó Gallchobhair, William Clancy

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