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

    CBÉS 0774

    Mr James Dunne, Pat Dunne

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  2. Story

    CBÉS 0774

    Mr James Dunne, Pat Dunne

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    A plant called stinking Rodger grows at the edge of the ditch.

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0774

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    When ducks are eating one duck says to another "You got more than me".

    CBÉS 0774

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    If you cover the head of a dead body the soul can't leave until the head is uncovered.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Happy is the corpse the rain falls on.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Unlucky to look out the window at a funeral.

    CBÉS 0774

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  9. Story

    CBÉS 0774

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    Apples and oranges three for a penny.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Edenderry Cunaberr kiss a man in Carbury Hightown Lowtown Kinnegad and Bogtown - Spell it in 2 letters.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Flea flea you are now betrayed.

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    Once upon a time a mouse fell into a barrel of porter

    CBÉS 0774

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    One night a man was walking across a fort on his way home.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Jack is alive and alive still.

    CBÉS 0774

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    There is an old gate in Allenwood called Geata na Coille gate.

    CBÉS 0774

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    Druimfionn donn dilis was got dead in the grass.

    CBÉS 0774

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    In the penal times a man was riding an ass.

    CBÉS 0774

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  19. An Old Rhyme Said before Meals and after

    CBÉS 0774

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    Ireland was Ireland when England was a pup and Ireland will be Ireland when England is done up,

    CBÉS 0774

    Mr James O' Regan, Tom O' Regan

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