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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. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1120

    Ada Morrison

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  2. Proverbs

    CBÉS 1120

    Ada Morrison

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  3. Stories of Giants and Warriors

    CBÉS 1120

    David Mc Feeters

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  4. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 1120

    David Mc Feeters

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  5. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 1120

    David Mc Feeters

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  6. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1120

    David Mc Feeters

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  7. Bread

    CBÉS 1120

    Joe Ayton

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  8. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 1120

    Joe Ayton

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  9. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 1120

    Josiah Morrison

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  10. Riddles

    CBÉS 1120

    Josiah Morrison

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 1120

    Bob Jackson

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  13. A Song

    “On the Galtee Mór Mountains not far, far away, ¶ I'll tell you a story that happened one day, ¶ It's about a fair maiden her age was sixteen. ¶ And she sported the colours White, Yellow and Green.”

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  14. The Night of the Big Wind (Song)

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  15. A Funny Story

    “There was a man going to drive a corpse and there was a woman going along the same road and she asked him for a lift.”

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  16. Old Irish Tale

    “Once upon a time there were two men which lived in the north of Donegal and one day they went to Carndonagh together for a walk.”

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  17. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  18. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  19. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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  20. Local Cures

    CBÉS 1120

    Jim Smith

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