Excerpts from an interview with unnamed women about the folklore of womenFor this interview's catalogue entry click here
Description
Excerpt 1: About not putting your hands in water until the new mother gets churched
Excerpt 2: Having to christen children under pressure
Excerpt 3: Discussion about the shame of unmarried (and married) pregnancy and babies given for adoption and girls kept in 'homes' forever
Excerpt 4: Discussion about unmarried pregnancies, chane in attitudes and euphemisms
Excerpt 5: Belief in the power of Padre Pio holy medal in babies' cots
Excerpt 6: About buying baby's clothes and cots before they are born and keeping a lock of hair etc..
Excerpt 7: Discussion about getting married in white
Excerpt 8: Getting married in white in the registrar's office
Excerpt 9: About getting pregnant before marriage
Excerpt 10: Discussion about sex education
Excerpt 11: Story about seeing the nurse going into the houses to deliver babies, a humorous story about naïve knowledge.
Excerpt 2: Having to christen children under pressure
Excerpt 3: Discussion about the shame of unmarried (and married) pregnancy and babies given for adoption and girls kept in 'homes' forever
Excerpt 4: Discussion about unmarried pregnancies, chane in attitudes and euphemisms
Excerpt 5: Belief in the power of Padre Pio holy medal in babies' cots
Excerpt 6: About buying baby's clothes and cots before they are born and keeping a lock of hair etc..
Excerpt 7: Discussion about getting married in white
Excerpt 8: Getting married in white in the registrar's office
Excerpt 9: About getting pregnant before marriage
Excerpt 10: Discussion about sex education
Excerpt 11: Story about seeing the nurse going into the houses to deliver babies, a humorous story about naïve knowledge.
Date
22/02/1996
Identifier
UCCFEA_SR00027_WAVC
Collection
Citation
“Excerpts from an interview with unnamed women about the folklore of womenFor this interview's catalogue entry click here,” UCCFEA, accessed April 19, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/442.