Excerpts from an interview with Hollyhill Women's Group, Karen and Tracy about the folklore of women For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Description
Excerpt 1: Elder women's knowledge of early signs of pregnancy
Excerpt 2: Personal experience narrative about older woman telling a young girl is pregnant but she was wrong and the young woman attributed the change to being married
Excerpt 3: Personal experience narrative about not going to a graveyard when you're pregnant. Expressions of attitude to belief and disbelief.
Excerpt 4: Superstitious pregnancy belief about heartburn meaning the baby will have a beautiful head of hair
Excerpt 5: Superstition about walking on the footpath after 12 O' Clock at night
Excerpt 6: Superstition about a child being born with a mole on the face, discussion of the origin of the belief attributed to victorian times
Excerpt 7: Superstition about not buying anything before the baby is born.
Excerpt 8: Personal experience narratives about knowing the sex of the baby in advance
Excerpt 9: Stories and discussion about babies born with a caul
Excerpt 10: About doing the needle test to the know the sex of a baby and differences between boys or girl pregnancies
Excerpt 11: Stories about using castor oil to induce labour
Excerpt 12: Washing baby in paraffin
Excerpt 13: Bringing good luck charms into the hospital (humourous narratives)
Excerpt 14: Cravings (humourous stories)
Excerpt 15: Holy medals and christenings
Excerpt 16: Christening and attitudes to religious beliefs
Excerpt 17: Christening cakes
Excerpt 18: About men being in the labour ward
Excerpt 19: About men pushing prams with one hand, like they drive cars,
Excerpt 19: Older times when men were kept away from deliveries
Excerpt 20: Epidurals
Excerpt 21: About being put down by dietician and getting back at her
Excerpt 22: Borrowing christening robes
Excerpt 23: Hanging medals on prams
Excerpt 24: Discussion about breastfeeding
Excerpt 25: Discussion about buggies vs prams
Excerpt 2: Personal experience narrative about older woman telling a young girl is pregnant but she was wrong and the young woman attributed the change to being married
Excerpt 3: Personal experience narrative about not going to a graveyard when you're pregnant. Expressions of attitude to belief and disbelief.
Excerpt 4: Superstitious pregnancy belief about heartburn meaning the baby will have a beautiful head of hair
Excerpt 5: Superstition about walking on the footpath after 12 O' Clock at night
Excerpt 6: Superstition about a child being born with a mole on the face, discussion of the origin of the belief attributed to victorian times
Excerpt 7: Superstition about not buying anything before the baby is born.
Excerpt 8: Personal experience narratives about knowing the sex of the baby in advance
Excerpt 9: Stories and discussion about babies born with a caul
Excerpt 10: About doing the needle test to the know the sex of a baby and differences between boys or girl pregnancies
Excerpt 11: Stories about using castor oil to induce labour
Excerpt 12: Washing baby in paraffin
Excerpt 13: Bringing good luck charms into the hospital (humourous narratives)
Excerpt 14: Cravings (humourous stories)
Excerpt 15: Holy medals and christenings
Excerpt 16: Christening and attitudes to religious beliefs
Excerpt 17: Christening cakes
Excerpt 18: About men being in the labour ward
Excerpt 19: About men pushing prams with one hand, like they drive cars,
Excerpt 19: Older times when men were kept away from deliveries
Excerpt 20: Epidurals
Excerpt 21: About being put down by dietician and getting back at her
Excerpt 22: Borrowing christening robes
Excerpt 23: Hanging medals on prams
Excerpt 24: Discussion about breastfeeding
Excerpt 25: Discussion about buggies vs prams
Date
14/02/1996
Identifier
UCCFEA_SR00026_WAVC
Collection
Citation
“Excerpts from an interview with Hollyhill Women's Group, Karen and Tracy about the folklore of women For this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed April 26, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/441.