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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0236

    Maeve Turbitt, Mrs Scanlon

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  2. May Day Customs

    “It is a custom in every Catholic home to erect an altar of flowers and candles in honour of The Mother of God.”

    CBÉS 0236

    Maeve Turbitt, Mr Joseph Banahan

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  3. May Day Customs

    “In ancient times numerous customs were practised by the people on May Day.”

    CBÉS 0236

    Maeve Turbitt, Mr P. Hopkins

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  4. May Day

    CBÉS 0239

    Mrs Bridget Jordan

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  5. May Day

    CBÉS 0244

    Patrick Browne

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  6. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0252

    Mary Stapleton, Mrs Stapleton

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  7. May Day

    CBÉS 0252

    Eileen Simpson

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  8. May Day

    CBÉS 0252

    Kathleen Carty

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  9. May Day

    CBÉS 0253

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  10. Beliefs about May Day

    CBÉS 0258

    Josephine Kelly, Mr Dan Rattigan

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  11. May Day

    CBÉS 0259

    Nancy Davis, Peter Davis

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  12. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0270

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  13. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0275

    Seosaimh Ó Mhurchadha

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  14. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0275

    Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin

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    “On May day if you point the staff of a churn through an elder tree”

    CBÉS 0275

    Peadar Ó h Úrdail

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  16. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0276

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  17. May Day Customs

    CBÉS 0276

    Maighread Bean Ní Mhurchadha, Siobhan Ní Murachacha

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  18. A May Day Story

    CBÉS 0281

    Mrs Dennis, Patrick Cronin

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  19. A May Day Custom

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr Thomas Walsh, Thomas Fitzgerald

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  20. Piseogs Connected with May Day

    CBÉS 0282

    Denis Flynn

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