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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 Treasures

    CBÉS 0410

    Joan Hartnett

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  2. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0410

    Mrs T. Ahern

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  3. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0410

    Betty Heavey, Miss Bessie Quilter

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  4. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0410

    Mr Matt Mc Carthy, Nora Mary Mc Carthy

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  5. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0410

    Joan O' Carroll, Mrs Kate Lovett

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  6. Local Customs

    CBÉS 0410

    Dan Sheahan, Joan O' Carroll

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  7. Riddles

    CBÉS 0410

    Dan Sheahan, Noreen Browne

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  8. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0410

    Maureen Sheahan, Miss Bessie Quilter

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  9. Local Legends

    CBÉS 0410

    Biddy O' Connell, James Prendeville

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  10. Local Legends

    CBÉS 0410

    Molly Lyons, Patt Lyons

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  11. Local Legends

    CBÉS 0410

    Maureen Dore, Mrs Dore

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  12. Lixnaw

    CBÉS 0410

    Maureen Dore

    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry

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  13. The Monument

    CBÉS 0410

    Maureen Dore, Mrs Dore

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    “Smith, in treating of the Fitzmaurices, says that Clan Maurice had its name from Maurice, son of Raymond Le Gros, who married Basilia, daughter to Eve, daughter of Earl Strongbow.”

    CBÉS 0410

    Betty Heavey, Miss Bessie Quilter

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  15. Local Blessed Wells

    CBÉS 0410

    Mary Fitzgerald, Mr Molyneaux

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  16. Lixnaw

    CBÉS 0410

    Mary Brosnan

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  17. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0410

    Mary Brosnan, Nellie Mc Carthy

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  18. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0410

    Nellie Mc Carthy

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  19. Churning

    CBÉS 0410

    Jenny Trant, Mary Brosnan

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  20. The Leipreachán

    CBÉS 0410

    Nora Mary Mc Carthy

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