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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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    “About one hundred years ago there lived in Knockamany a man named Jack Warden.”

    CBÉS 1124

    Harold Henderson

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    “Some years ago an old man lived at Malin Head, and his name was Paddy Houston.”

    CBÉS 1124

    Lottie Stewart

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  3. Barney the Rat

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun

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  4. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1124

    Robert Platt

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  5. The Story of Trawbreaga Bay

    CBÉS 1124

    Sidney Henderson

    Trawbreaga Bay, Co. Donegal

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  6. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 1124

    Lottie Stewart

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  7. Riddles

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun

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  8. Jamie Susie's Hen

    CBÉS 1124

    Lottie Stewart

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  9. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 1124

    Robert Platt

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  10. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun

    Goorey, Co. Donegal

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  11. The Hunchbacks

    CBÉS 1124

    H. P. Swan, Lottie Stewart

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  12. Another Story of Strawbrega Bay

    CBÉS 1124

    H. P. Swan, Robert Platt

    Trawbreaga Bay, Co. Donegal

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  13. The Friar's Cell

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun

    Goorey, Co. Donegal

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  14. Standing Stones

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun, Robert Colhoun

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  15. Crockraw

    CBÉS 1124

    Robert Platt

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  16. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 1124

    Robert Platt

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  17. Ossian's Grave

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun, H.P. Swan

    Umgall, Co. Donegal

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  18. The Caves of Straws

    CBÉS 1124

    A. Stewart, Lottie Stewart

    Straths, Co. Donegal

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  19. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 1124

    Annie Colhoun, H.P. Swan

    Goorey, Co. Donegal

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  20. Local Cures

    CBÉS 1124

    Robert Platt

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