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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. Local Ruins - Church Island

    CBÉS 0785

    Saint Patrick's Island, Co. Dublin

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  2. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  3. Story about St Moibhi’s Graveyard

    CBÉS 0785

    Leo Derham

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  4. The Patron Saint of Skerries

    CBÉS 0785

    Leo Derham

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  5. Festival Customs - St Stephen's Night

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  6. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0785

    Michael Hoey

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  7. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  8. The Local Roads

    CBÉS 0785

    Michael Hoey

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  9. Old Crafts - Thatching

    CBÉS 0785

    John Fox

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  10. Story

    “About a half-mile south of the town of Skerries there is a large rock shaped like a chair.”

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  11. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0785

    Joe Reynolds

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  12. Care of Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0785

    John Fox

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  13. Stories of the Holy Family

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  14. Old Irish Tale

    “In Lusk long ago there was a house where travellers could stop overnight. Now it happened that one night Cuchulain was passing through the town and he stopped in this house for a week.”

    CBÉS 0785

    Michael Hoey

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  15. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0785

    John Fox, Mr James Grimes

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  16. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0785

    Desmond Potter

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  17. Old Crafts - Thatching

    CBÉS 0785

    John Fox

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  18. Old Superstitions

    CBÉS 0785

    Joe Reynolds

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  19. Riddles

    CBÉS 0785

    John Fox

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  20. Old Prayer

    CBÉS 0785

    Desmond Potter

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