Appendix 1: Subject Headings for the Scheme

Fifty-five subject headings from Irish folklore and tradition, the booklet prepared by the Irish Folklore Commission and issued to schools in September 1937.

1. Hidden Treasure
2. A Funny Story
3. A Collection of Riddles
4. Weather Lore
5. Local Heroes
6. Local Happenings
7. Severe Weather
8. Old Schools
9. Old Crafts
10. Local Marriage Customs
11. In the Penal Times
12. Local Place-names
13. Bird Lore
14. Local Cures
15. Home-made Toys
16. The Lore of Certain Days
17. Travelling Folk
18. “Fairy Forts”
19. Local Poets
20. Famine Times
21. Games I Play
22. The Local Roads
23. My Home District
24. Our Holy Wells
25. Herbs
26. The Potato-crop
27. Proverbs
28. Festival Customs
29. The Care of Our farm Animals
30. Churning
31. The Care of the Feet
32. The Local Forge
33. Clothes Made locally
34. Stories of the Holy Family
35. The Local Patron Saint
36. The Local Fairs
37. The Landlord
38. Food in Olden Times
39. Hurling and Football Matches
40. An Old Story
41. Old Irish Tales
42. A Song
43. Local Monuments
44. Bread
45. Buying and Selling
46. Old Houses
47. Stories of Giants and Warriors
48. The Leipreachan or Mermaid
49. Local Ruins
50. Religious Stories
51. The Old Graveyards
52. A Collection of Prayers
53. Emblems and Objects of Value
54. Historical Tradition
55. Strange Animals