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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. A Story

    CBÉS 0144

    Annie Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  2. A Fairy Tale

    CBÉS 0144

    Annie Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  3. Forges

    CBÉS 0144

    Jack Killeen, Margaret Lynn

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  4. Tailors

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Lynn

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  5. Spinning

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Lynn

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  6. Weasels

    CBÉS 0144

    Annie Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  7. Rathfraan Abbey

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mr John Burke

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  8. Rush Candles

    CBÉS 0144

    Anthony Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  9. Pisreogs

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Pat Jordan

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  10. A Story

    “Long ago there was a rich Protestant man who had two sons. He sent them to college.”

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Tom Farrell

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  11. A Story

    “There is supposed to e a ghost at the white gates on the Killala road.”

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Patrick Jordan

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  12. A Miracle

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Lynn

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  13. A Story

    “Once upon a time there lived a man on the edge of a great forest who had but one only daughter that was blind.”

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Lynn

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  14. A Story

    “There is a story told about two boys from Steelaun who were great with a girl in Ross, Killala.”

    CBÉS 0144

    Anthony Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  15. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0144

    Annie Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  16. Boxty Bread

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Killeen

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  17. Potato Cake

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Killeen

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  18. The Saw Mill

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn

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  19. Prayers

    CBÉS 0144

    Anthony Lynn, Margaret Lynn

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  20. Prayer to Say for Lightening and Thunder

    CBÉS 0144

    Margaret Lynn, Mrs Lynn

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