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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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    “Errew a quarter of a mile from this school contains a graveyard, said to be the second oldest in Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0228

    Frank Doyle

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  2. Frank Doyle's Cave

    CBÉS 0228

    Frank Doyle

    Errew, Co. Leitrim

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  3. Saint Patrick's Well

    CBÉS 0228

    Hugh Duffy

    Aghawillin, Co. Leitrim

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  4. Errew Lake

    CBÉS 0228

    Brigid Kiernan, James Kiernan

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  5. Drumbreanlis

    CBÉS 0228

    Brigid Kiernan

    Drumbreanlis, Co. Leitrim

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  6. Beliefs Concerning Taking of Butter by Witchcraft

    CBÉS 0228

    Thomas Brady

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  7. Another Story

    CBÉS 0228

    Thomas Brady

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0228

    Frank Blessington

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  9. A Story

    CBÉS 0228

    Owen Mulligan

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  10. The Banshee

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs Brian Conlon

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  11. (no title)

    “When Mrs McManus was about twenty years of age she and her sister Mrs Brady, who is now dead...”

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs Michael Mc Manus

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    “There is a corn mill still in Aughawillian. When Dan Kiernan was a young man about 70 years ago...”

    CBÉS 0228

    James Kiernan

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  13. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0228

    Tom Donohue

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  14. A Story about Fairies

    CBÉS 0228

    Hugh Duffy

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  15. Food Used by the People in this Locality 40 Years Ago

    CBÉS 0228

    James Kiernan

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  16. Food Used on Black Fast Days in Lent

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs Hugh Duffy

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  17. How the Festival of Easter Was Kept here 40 Years Ago

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs H. Duffy

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  18. The Festival of Christmas

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs H. Duffy

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  19. St John's Eve

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs H. Duffy

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  20. St Stephen's Day

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs H. Duffy

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