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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. The Hidden Treasure

    “In a little pocket of land in Tuam not far from a wood under an tree in the year 210 a man found a leaden box.”

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  2. Marriages of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  3. Houses of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  4. A Prayer

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0205

    John O Donnell, Mattie O Donnell, Peter Gallagher

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  6. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0492

    John O Donnell, Seán Ó Domhnaill

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  7. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0502

    Daniel Ivess, John O' Donnell

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  8. Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0503

    Daniel Ivess, John O' Donnell

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  9. The Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0503

    Dan Ivess, John O' Donnell

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  10. (no title)

    “The following childish, or perhaps better, children's rhyme preserves the names of the last dwellers in Croker's Road, Croom.”

    CBÉS 0507

    John O Donnell

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  11. (no title)

    “There was a blacksmith living one time below the Sruhaon near where the blue gate is now.”

    CBÉS 0507

    John O' Donnell

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  12. (no title)

    “There are some farms and the bull that is kept on them is bound to be a rogue.”

    CBÉS 0507

    John O Donnell

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  13. Local Moats

    CBÉS 0511

    John O Donnell, P.B. Shine

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  14. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0511

    John O Donnell

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  15. (no title)

    “One night as John O'Donnell was coming up the street...”

    CBÉS 0542

    John Barry, John O' Donnell

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  16. Local Happenings - The Burning of Ballynattin

    CBÉS 0556

    John O' Donnell, Peggy O' Donnell

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  17. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0556

    John O' Donnell, Peggy O' Donnell

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0579

    John O' Donnell, Patrick O' Donnell

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  19. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0579

    John O' Donnell, Patrick O' Donnell

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  20. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0579

    John O' Donnell, Patrick O' Donnell

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