Myth-Folkmore

Story 1: Dublin is full of believers in the traditional ghost stories but there is also a fair share of doubters. This story would follow a nonbeliever trying to find the truth behind the ghost stories. He would try to find the logical reasons why these occurrences happened. Story 2: Story 2 would follow a group of freshmen throughout their first semester at Trinity College and their encounters with the infamous ghosts that reside there. Trinity College has a few ghost stories floating around campus.  Website link Story 3: Someone would come into contact with a ghost (probably at a church) and tell that ghost their own ghost story. The ghost would critique the story and give their version. The encountered/reader would have to distinguish  for themselves what is true and what is false. Links: https://www.dublintown.ie/ghosts-stories-of-dublin/ http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tigs/tigs03.htm

Topic 1: Irish Ghost Stories I come from a very Irish family. We have always had a strong connection to our Irish roots since most of our family still does live in Dublin. I've never heard any specific Irish Ghost stories, but I do know how seriously my cousins take the spiritual world. It would be really interesting to learn more about these stories and possibly rewrite them. Online links:  A previous student's project, Dublin Haunted Houses:    https://sites.google.com/site/hauntedhousesindublin/home Briefly describes a lot of Irish ghost stories:  https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/features/spooky-news-six-ghosts-to-make-the-headlines-882161.html Topic 2: Nursery Rhymes My parents never really told me or read me nursery rhymes growing up. I don't know a lot about them but I think I would be really interested in studying the lyrics and origins of these nursery rhymes. After that, I think it would be a challenge to create a new nurs...