1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection

The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

Filter results

Clear
View results on map

Results

44 results

  1. The Moving Bog near Gneeveguilla

    CBÉS 0448

    Hanna O Connor, Mrs Margaret O Connor

    Transcript

  2. (no title)

    “A long time ago there lived a small little man named Shawn ...”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Hanna Riordan

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    “In the time of the white boys from seventeen ninty eight to eighteen hundred ...”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Hanna Riordan

    Transcript

  4. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0448

    Margaret O Connor, Maurice Savage

    Transcript

  5. Old Ruins in the Neighbourhood of Knockeenahone School

    CBÉS 0448

    Anne Riordan

    Transcript

  6. (no title)

    “Wisha, I heard of an old man that lived long ago. His name was 'Gear Marbha Céad'.”

    CBÉS 0448

    John Crimen, Kitty Cullinane

    Transcript

  7. (no title)

    “Oliver Cromwell put up a mill in the town of Killfinnel ...”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora May Reidy, John Crimen

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “Many years ago I knew a little ould man who lived somewhere in Sliabhluachra.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Annie Riordan, Dan Clifford

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    “When I was a small little boy I knew an old man who often came around the place where I was born.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Annie Riordan, Dan Clifford

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “A long time ago I went to a kiln stealing lime for a white-wash.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Mary Connell

    Transcript

  11. (no title)

    “Some years before I was born Father Shannahan was a Kerry priest who was supposed to be the best runner and leaper in Europe.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Dora May Reidy

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “When I was a little boy there were many quare customs in the place which are all forgotten now.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Dora Reidy

    Transcript

  13. How I Make a Basket

    CBÉS 0448

    Con T. Kerin, Mary Connell

    Transcript

  14. How to Make a Sciath

    CBÉS 0448

    Mary Connell, Maurice Savage

    Transcript

  15. Adriville's Groves

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora May Reidy, Maurice Reidy, Tom Bastible

    Transcript

  16. Riddles

    CBÉS 0448

    Transcript

  17. Unpublished Poem

    CBÉS 0448

    Transcript

  18. Poem Made about the Shooting of Jim Walshe by the Free State Soldiers in Mountfalvey, Scartaglen, Co. Kerry

    CBÉS 0448

    John Reidy

    Transcript

  19. The Moving Bog

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora May Reidy

    Transcript

  20. Threshing in the Olden Times

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora May Reidy, Jeremiah D. Riordan

    Transcript