Duchas - The Schools' Collection
Added: 12 Jan 2015
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Digitised versions of folklore and local tradition documentation compiled by pupils from 5,000 primary schools in the Irish Free State between 1937 and 1939.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- SESE History
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: My Locality through the Ages
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- collect local ballads, stories and traditions relating to these events
- use evidence which is more diverse and more complex than heretofore
Suggestions for use: Use as primary source material for project work or local studies or to enhance skills and appreciation relating to working as a historian. A starting point could be an examination of Weather Lore http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4498042/4345516
