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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. Candle-Making

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0226

    Thomas Mimna

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  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0226

    James Kiernan, Molly Kiernan

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  4. The Story of How the Ground is Prepared for Sowing Potatoes

    CBÉS 0226

    Francis Delaney, Patrick Delaney

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    “It is my duty to go to School. There I must learn...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  6. Soap-Making

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Bigid Sutherland

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  7. Prayers

    CBÉS 0226

    Mary A. Kiernan, Mrs Kiernan

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  8. Prayers

    CBÉS 0226

    Maggie Reilly, Mrs Reilly

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  9. A Witch

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly, Maggie Reilly

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  10. How to Tan Leather

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  11. How to Make Soap

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  12. Lime-Kiln

    CBÉS 0226

    James Kiernan, Mollie Kiernan

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    “Long ago there lived on my district beside one of the forts an old man and his wife...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Michael Sutherland

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    “Once upon a time there lived an man and woman and their little daughter...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Mrs Lizzie Mac Dermott

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    “One time there lived a man called Myles the Slasher...”

    CBÉS 0226

    James Kiernan, Mollie Kiernan

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  16. Cure for the Worms

    CBÉS 0226

    Kathleen P. Harte, Mrs Thomas Murray

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    “There are certain people living in my district who make the cure of the jaundice with herbs...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Kathleen P. Harte, Mrs Moran

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  18. Flax

    CBÉS 0226

    Maggie Reilly, Thomas Maguire

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    “Once upon a time there lived a man whose cos died, he went to bed at night and he left lamenting over the loss of his cow...”

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly, Maggie Reilly

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  20. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly, Maggie Reilly

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