The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. An Scoil

    CBÉS 1038

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  2. Churning

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  3. Potatoes

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  4. The Local Fairs

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  5. The Parish of Killaghtee

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  6. Sweet Old Castletown

    CBÉS 1038

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  7. My Native Land

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  8. The Irish Rover

    CBÉS 1038

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  9. The Stone of the Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  10. The Great Famine

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  11. My Townland

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  12. The Years of the Great Famine

    CBÉS 1038

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  13. Our Holy Wells

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  14. Story about St Conall

    CBÉS 1038

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  15. Stories about St Catherine's Well

    CBÉS 1038

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  16. A Story

    There is a Mass rock in the townland of Castletown near the village of Dunkineely. This rock is five feet long and four feet high with an aperture in the middle which served as a tabernacle while the priest was celebrating Holy Mass.

    CBÉS 1038

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  17. Local Cures

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  18. The Care of our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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  19. Local Marriages

    CBÉS 1038

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  20. The Disaster in Bruckless Bay

    CBÉS 1038

    P. Mc Closkey

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