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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  3. A Story

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  6. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  7. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  8. Riddles

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  9. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  10. Magic Milking

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  11. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  12. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  13. A Story

    “A story is told about two men one morning when they were going out to look after their sheep.”

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  14. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  15. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  16. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

    Castlecary, Co. Donegal

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  17. A Story

    “In days gone by there were witches and according to the law if they were caught they must be hanged.”

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  18. A Story

    “My grandfather, Matthew Atkinson lives in Ballynally in the Parish of Lower Moville in the Barony of Inishowen.”

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  19. The Witch Hare

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

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  20. A Story

    CBÉS 1117

    Arthur Peoples

    Transcript