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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 Song - Cavanagh's Ass

    “Saying I will and I must get married”

    CBÉS 0056

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  2. In the Shadow of Bellview

    CBÉS 0056

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  3. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0056

    Joe Kelly

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0056

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0056

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  6. Fairy Stories

    CBÉS 0056

    Joe Kelly

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  7. Fairy Stories

    CBÉS 0056

    Pat Kelly

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  8. Fairy Stories

    “The "Balloons" are a series of hills situated on the Eyrecourt-Killimore road about a mile and a half from Eyrecourt.”

    CBÉS 0056

    John Conor

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  9. Fairy Stories

    “Some years ago, there was a certain farmer living near Loughrea lake.”

    CBÉS 0056

    John Conor

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  10. Fairy Stories

    “A man of this district called Thomas Glynn had a cow which gave him three quarts of milk night and morning.”

    CBÉS 0056

    Thomas Lucas

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  11. Fairy Stories

    “There was a certain man in Meelick who had a big white horse.”

    CBÉS 0056

    Pat Coen

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  12. Fairy Stories

    “One day William Niell of Eyrecourt went out to a lis beside his house.”

    CBÉS 0056

    Pat Coen

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  13. Old Stories Connected with Butter-Making

    CBÉS 0056

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  14. Crops

    CBÉS 0056

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  15. Animals

    CBÉS 0056

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  16. Fairy Stories

    CBÉS 0056

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  17. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0056

    Joe Kelly

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  18. Local Customs

    CBÉS 0056

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  19. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0056

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    “Joe Kelly's house, Ballinakill is the oldest in that area.”

    CBÉS 0056

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