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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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    “The Famine came in the year of 1845. It started because the blight came on the potatoes and the hens ceased to lay.”

    CBÉS 0192

    John Flynn, Rose Galliagan

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    “Once upon a time an old woman and her son lived in an old cabin overlooking the beautiful lake of Lough Gill.”

    CBÉS 0200

    Annaleen O' Neill, John Flynn

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  3. Our Holy Well

    CBÉS 0202

    Anna R. Mc Morrow, John Flynn

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  4. Marriage Customs of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0205

    John Flynn

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  5. A Cure for the Whooping-Cough

    CBÉS 0211

    Annie Flynn, John Flynn

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  6. A Cure for the Warts

    CBÉS 0211

    Annie Flynn, John Flynn

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  7. The Famine Days in this Locality

    CBÉS 0211

    Annie Flynn, John Flynn

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    “I remember some years ago to listen very attentively to a story told to me by my granny relating to a very serious sickness her husband contracted.”

    CBÉS 0224

    John Flynn, Peter Dolan

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  9. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0225

    John Flynn, Seán Ó h- Eslin

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  10. Sliabh an Iarainn

    CBÉS 0230

    John Flynn, Rose A. Guihen

    Slieve Anierin, Co. Leitrim

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  11. The Care of Feet

    CBÉS 0273

    John Flynn, Kathleen Quirke

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  12. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0343

    John Flynn, Thomas Healy

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  13. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0343

    John Flynn, Thomas Healy

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  14. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0381

    John Flynn

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  15. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0386

    John Flynn

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  16. A Drowning Tragedy

    CBÉS 0496

    John Flynn, Margaret Boohan

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  17. Sheehy's Fort

    CBÉS 0496

    John Flynn, Margaret Boohan

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  18. The Haunted Gate

    CBÉS 0528

    John Flynn, Mrs O' Flynn

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  19. The Haunted Passage

    CBÉS 0528

    John Flynn, Mrs O' Flynn

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  20. Folklore - Crops

    CBÉS 0538

    John Flynn

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