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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0116

    Mary Foley, Thomas Foley

    Cartron, Co. Mayo

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  2. Folklore of the Farm Crops

    CBÉS 0116

    Mary Foley

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  3. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0382

    Mary Foley

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  4. Caint na nDaoine

    CBÉS 0382

    Mary Foley

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  5. Missing Mass

    CBÉS 0432

    Jeremiah Foley, Mary Foley

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  6. Irish Folklore - Food In Olden Times

    CBÉS 0454

    Dan Foley, Mary Foley

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  7. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0454

    Dan Foley, Mary Foley

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  8. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0454

    Dan Foley, Mary Foley

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  9. My Home District

    CBÉS 0454

    Dan Foley, Mary Foley

    Knockmanagh, Co. Kerry

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  10. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0454

    Dan Foley, Mary Foley

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  11. Composition - The Querns

    CBÉS 0470

    Mary Foley

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    “About twelve years ago two boys named Thomas Crowley and James Crowley of Slievedooley were coming home from their cúaird one night”

    CBÉS 0603

    John Houlihan, Mary Foley

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    “There were once two brothers and one day they went to the well and one brother said to the other that he should go away and earn his living”

    CBÉS 0603

    James Crowley, Mary Foley

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  14. The Barber of Baghdad

    CBÉS 0781

    Mary Foley

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  15. Local Place Names - Fields

    CBÉS 0858

    Mary Foley, Patrick Foley

    Mountloftus, Co. Kilkenny

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  16. Bread

    CBÉS 0858

    John Foley, Mary Foley

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    “You alla know the time When they used to be driving The cows and the catte...”

    CBÉS 0858

    Mary Foley, Michael Hickey

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  18. Churning

    CBÉS 0858

    Mary Foley, Patrick Foley

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