On May Eve - Buttercups or dandelions thrown on to roof of house...

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Ardee (De la Salle) school (Ardee, Co. Louth) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0669/2/11

 Ardee (De la Salle) [Vol. 0669, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Louth Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Ardee (De la Salle)  [duchas:4961022]

47.
One May Eve - Buttercups or dandelions thrown on to roof of house are supposed to bring luck during year.

Resource description

Origin information
Ardee, Co. Louth
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 065
Volume 0669
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Br. P. Ó Scannail.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
May (Month)--Folklore
May--Bealtaine
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
Ardee Baile Átha Fhirdhia Ardee Ardee Ardee Louth
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5076571
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0669/2/11

Suggested credit
"On May Eve - Buttercups or dandelions thrown on to roof of house..."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5076571>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Br. P. Ó Scannail.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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