The Schools' Folklore Scheme: A Valuable Primary Source for the Local Historian |
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‘The Schools’
Folklore Scheme: a valuable primary source for the local historian’
by Maura Egan discusses the contribution of one particular national school
(Bansha,
Killard) to the Irish Folklore Commission’s (IFC) scheme for
the collection of folklore in schools (1937-38). The Scheme represents
one
of the most ambitious ever undertaken in the field of folklore collecting.
The original manuscripts are held by the Department of Irish Folklore,
University College, Dublin. Filmed copies of the County Clare schools
which participated are held at the Local
Studies Centre, Ennis. The Schools Folklore Collection is now
available on the national Dúchas website. |
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Local Studies Project for preparation of raw text for this project |