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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. Story of a Holy Well

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Batt Sullivan

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  2. Brosna Holy Well

    CBÉS 0450

    Batt Sullivan, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  3. An Eviction

    CBÉS 0450

    Denis Murphy, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  4. Retaliation

    CBÉS 0450

    Denis Murphy, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  5. Amhrán - The Hullabaloo

    “When I was a boy of twenty-three, ¶ I courted a maid one age to me; ¶ Well,surely, I said, I would make her my bride, ¶ We being one age and the same day baptised”

    CBÉS 0450

    Bartholomew Sullivan, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  6. A Song - Ballinahoun

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Sullivan

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  7. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0450

    John R. Geaney, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Roger Guiney

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  8. How Loughfouder Got its Name

    CBÉS 0450

    John R. Geaney, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

    Lackbrooder, Co. Kerry

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  9. The History of Kilsarcon Churchyard

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Hickey

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  10. An Original Way of Making Tea

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Hickey

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  11. The Story

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Sullivan

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  12. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0450

    John R. Geaney, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  13. Another Story Concerning Saunders

    CBÉS 0450

    John R. Geaney, Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha

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  14. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mrs John R. Geaney

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  15. The Manufacture of Linen

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Hickey

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  16. A Local Thatcher

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Bartholomew Hickey

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  17. An Old House and a Song - Joan and Her Patent Top Shoes

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr. Patrick O' Callaghan

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  18. A Local Song - A Song of Land League Times

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr William Broderick, Pat Donovan

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  19. Linen-Making

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr William Broderick

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  20. How Knocknadarrive Got its Name

    CBÉS 0450

    Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha, Mr Timothy Murphy

    Knocknadarriv, Co. Kerry

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