THE SCHOOLS’ MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION PROVERBS OF IRELAND AND THEIR DIGITIZATION

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Published: Aug 1, 2018
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Vol. 35 (2018): Proverbium
361-374
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Fionnuala Carson Williams

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Belfast BT9 7GW

Northern Ireland, UK

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Fionnuala Carson Williams

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A large collection of contemporaneous folklore from Ireland has recently become available online. It contains thousands of proverbs, mainly in lists but some in various kinds of narrative and some with explanations. The article below outlines the background to the collection, the main concerns and contents of the proverbs and how to access them. The collection is being transcribed and these transcriptions are word or even proverb-searchable.

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Keywords:
all-Ireland, background, contemporaneous, content, context, digitization, Dúchas Team, English-language, Fiontar, Irish Folklore Commission, Irish-language, lists, National Folklore Collection, Schools’ Manuscripts Collection, text search, transcription
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Carson Williams, F. “THE SCHOOLS’ MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION PROVERBS OF IRELAND AND THEIR DIGITIZATION”. Proverbium - Yearbook, vol. 35, no. 1, Aug. 2018, pp. 361-374, https://naklada.ffos.hr/casopisi/index.php/proverbium/article/view/827.

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