The Schools’ Collection

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

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    Cad é an t-ainm atá ort?"...

    CBÉS 0465

    Donnchadh Ó Súilleabháin

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  2. Dinnseanchas - Sliabh an Mharbhaithe

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    Donnchadh Ó Súilleabháin

    Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry

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  3. Particulars of a Holy Well - Toberagrahig or Tobar a' Gathaigh

    CBÉS 0465

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  4. Dinnseanchas - Loch Brainn (Lough Brin)

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    Thade Morley

    Loughbrin, Co. Kerry

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  5. Nicknames

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  6. Unofficial Place Names - Parish of Tahilla

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    Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry

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    The Old Road Kenmare to Sneem passes at western end of writer's home (teacher's house Blackwater Bridge)...

    CBÉS 0465

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  8. Cúm an Aifrinn

    CBÉS 0465

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    The ruling Irish family of the district was O'Sullivan Mór of Cappanacuss...

    CBÉS 0465

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  10. Plás a' Rince

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    Mrs John O' Connell

    Sherky Island, Co. Kerry

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  11. Muingle Lot

    CBÉS 0465

    Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry

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  12. Surnames of Pupils on Rolls in Blackwater Bridge N. School - Compiled from Old Roll Book

    CBÉS 0465

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    To hear the cuckoo for the first time in the years in the right ear is regarded as a good sign of luck...

    CBÉS 0465

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    To Mrs Scully N. T. Blackwater...

    CBÉS 0465

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    If you meet a white horse when going to the fair it is regarded locally as a sign of bad luck...

    CBÉS 0465

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    Bealach Bán: A rough stony field with white finnaun growing on it in farm of W. M. O Sullivan Derrinaclave Blackwater...

    CBÉS 0465

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  17. Folk-Tales

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    Michael O' Sullivan, Mortimer O' Sullivan

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  18. Folk-Tale

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    Mrs John O' Connell

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  19. Folk-Tale

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    Mrs Daniel Donoghue

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  20. Folk-Tale - Mermaid

    CBÉS 0465

    Mrs Daniel O' Donoghue

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