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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. Hidden Treasures - The Rat and the Gold

    CBÉS 0457

    Leo Hegarty, Timothy O Sullivan

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  2. Hidden Treasures - The Lost Pot of Gold

    CBÉS 0457

    Diarmuid Leary, John Dennehy, Leo Hegarty, Sean O' Murphy

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  3. Hidden Treasures - Johnny Morley's Gold

    CBÉS 0457

    Giles Cooper

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  4. Stories

    CBÉS 0457

    Ellen Murphy, Hana Mary Murphy

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  5. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Hana Mary Murphy

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  6. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Hana Mary Murphy

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  7. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Bridie Murphy, Ellen Murphy

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  8. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Bridie Murphy, Ellen Murphy

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  9. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Bridie J. H. Murphy, Ellen Murphy

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  10. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Cáit J. H. Murphy, Ellen Murphy

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  11. Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Leo O' Hegarty, Mrs Hegarty

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  12. The Ghost of Baile na Díge

    CBÉS 0457

    Diarmuid O' Leary, John Dennehy

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  13. Why the Turn o' the Castle is so called

    CBÉS 0457

    Dómhnall Ua Donnchadha

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    “An Englishman, a Scotchman and an Irishman were sentenced to be hanged in England and the Judge gave them the option of being hanged from their favourite tree.”

    CBÉS 0457

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    “An Englishman, a Scotchman and an Irishman were sentenced to be flogged and the judge gave them the option of wearing anything they wished while being flogged.”

    CBÉS 0457

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    “An Englishman, a Scotchman and an Irishman went to a rich man's wake.”

    CBÉS 0457

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    “In a certain distant land 'tis the custom when a man dies to pay somebody who would watch from dark till dawn in the dead room.”

    CBÉS 0457

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0457

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  19. Riddles

    CBÉS 0457

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  20. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0457

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