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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. A True Story - How A Cock Saved A Cow

    CBÉS 0222

    Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin

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  2. How A Girl Paid Her Debt

    CBÉS 0222

    Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin

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  3. How A Woman Kept Her Promise

    CBÉS 0222

    Bríghid Ní Buadhacháin

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  4. The Rosary and the Frog

    CBÉS 0222

    Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin

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  5. A True Story

    “One time there lived three families beside Belscarra river.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  6. A True Story

    “About forty years ago there lived a pensioner policeman, in the townland of Clonee, named Craig.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  7. Why A Man Paid His Father's Debt

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  8. A True Story

    “In 1919 there lived a young girl in Leer named Mary Bohan.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  9. A True Story - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  10. A True Story

    “One night Jessie McKenna and her little brother Matt were playing in a neighbours house.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  11. A Local Hero

    CBÉS 0222

    Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabhaigh, Mrs Mc Garry

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  12. The Turkeycock - A True Story

    CBÉS 0222

    Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabhaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  13. Herbs

    CBÉS 0222

    John Farell, Siobhán Ní Choistealbhaigh

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  14. Landlords

    CBÉS 0222

    John Farell, Siobhán Ní Choistealbhaigh

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  15. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0222

    Miceál Ó Uiginn

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  16. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0222

    John Farell, Siobhán Ní Choistealbhaigh

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  17. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0222

    Róis Ní Fhloinn

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  18. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0222

    Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabhaigh, Mrs Mc Garry

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  19. The Care of Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh

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  20. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 0222

    Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin, Mrs Doonan

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