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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. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  2. Festival Customs - St Stephen's Night

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  3. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  4. Story

    “About a half-mile south of the town of Skerries there is a large rock shaped like a chair.”

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  5. Stories of the Holy Family

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

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  6. Story

    “Once upon a time there was a woman got very sick. The doctor used to give her medicine made of herbs.”

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt, Mrs Theresa Pratt

    Transcript

  7. Festival Customs - 1st May

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  8. Festival Customs - Shrove Tuesday

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  9. Festival Customs - Hallow Eve

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  10. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  11. Clothes Made Locally

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  12. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  14. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  15. Old Paths

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  16. A Story about the Fairies

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt, Mrs Theresa Pratt

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  17. Story

    “Once upon a time two men from Skerries were going home with sacks of flour on their backs.”

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt

    Transcript

  18. Story (The Smugglers' Cave)

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt, Mrs E. Wilde

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  19. Stories about the Fairies

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt, Mrs E. Wilde

    Transcript

  20. Story about a Haunted House

    CBÉS 0785

    George Pratt, Mrs E. Wilde

    Transcript