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    City of Streams: Galway Folklore and Folk Life in the 1930s
    City of Streams: Galway Folklore and Folk Life in the 1930s
    City of Streams: Galway Folklore and Folk Life in the 1930s
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    City of Streams: Galway Folklore and Folk Life in the 1930s

    By Caitríona Hastings

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    On the eve of the Second World War in Europe, the senior pupils in the National Schools of the West of Ireland were engaged in an important, if somewhat unusual, task. With the aid of a questionnaire supplied by the Irish Folklore Commission, and under the direction of their teachers, the children were collecting a wide and varied range of folklore and folk memories in their own neighbourhoods. The stories they gathered were many and varied, covering such topics as local beliefs and customs, traditional crafts, weather lore, the Famine, cures, songs and riddles. This is their story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9780750985673
    City of Streams: Galway Folklore and Folk Life in the 1930s
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    Caitríona Hastings

    CAITRÍONA HASTINGS is an award-winning author and former lecturer in Irish Studies (University of Ulster) and Heritage Studies (Galway Mayo IT). She has published several titles in both Irish and English, for children and for adults. This is her second book with The History Press Ireland.

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