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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. Gobán Saor

    CBÉS 0107

    Ellie Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  2. Leipreachán

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice, Mrs Fitzmaurice

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  3. Toothache

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice, Mrs Fitzmaurice

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  4. Tom Kearney and Cúige Laighean

    CBÉS 0107

    Delia Naughton, Laurence Kilroy

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  5. Mickey Magee and Lochán Bradach

    CBÉS 0107

    Delia Naughton, Laurence Kilroy

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  6. Story

    “About eighty years ago the people of Graun a village about three miles from Ballyhaunis...”

    CBÉS 0107

    Gretta Geraghty, Mrs Meehan

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  7. Capall agus Diallait Domsa - Cnoc na Ramh

    CBÉS 0107

    Delia Naughton, L. Kilroy

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  8. Story

    “Some years ago in the village of Tullahaun about three miles from Ballyhaunis there lived a man by the name of Jim Finnegan.”

    CBÉS 0107

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  9. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice, Mrs Fitzmaurice

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  10. Tobar Ár Naomh

    CBÉS 0107

    May Browne

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  11. Story

    “One night about two o'clock a man by the name of Domnick Dyer of Brackloon Ballyhaunis left his home on a journey...”

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice

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    “In olden times people used to be over thirty years of age before they ever wore boots.”

    CBÉS 0107

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  13. Churning

    CBÉS 0107

    Gretta Geraghty, Mrs Mahon

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0107

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  15. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0107

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  16. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0107

    Thomas Murphy, Willie Murphy

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  17. Food In Olden Times

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice, Mrs Fitzmaurice

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  18. The Following Are the Names of the Fields in the Village of Spaddagh, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo

    CBÉS 0107

    Delia Naughton

    Spaddagh, Co. Mayo

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  19. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0107

    Gretta Geraghty

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  20. My Home District

    CBÉS 0107

    Annie Fitzmaurice, Mrs Fitzmaurice

    Spaddagh, Co. Mayo

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