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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. Folklore - Marriages

    CBÉS 0012

    Kathleen Kelly, Mrs Kelly

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  2. Candle-Making

    CBÉS 0016

    Barney Mulvihill, Kathleen Kelly

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0016

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

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  4. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0016

    Barney Mulvihill, Kathleen Kelly

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  5. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0016

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

    Toberroe East, Co. Galway

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  6. My Native Village

    CBÉS 0016

    Kathleen Kelly

    Toberroe East, Co. Galway

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  7. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0016

    Kathleen Kelly

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  8. The Kind of Candles the People Had Long Ago

    CBÉS 0037

    Kathleen Kelly

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  9. Story

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

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  10. Customs

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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  11. Rhymes

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

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  13. Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Mrs Kelly

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  14. Story

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Kelly

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “In the village of Ballyskeagh there is a hill...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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  16. (no title)

    “In the village of Roundfield there is a fort and it is said that there a pot of gold in it...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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  17. (no title)

    “Long ago when the people used to see the blue lights in the fire they used to say that it was the sign of bad weather...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

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  18. (no title)

    “When Knock Moy Abbey was building the people said that it would last for hundreds of years.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Eddie Rabbit, Kathleen Kelly

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  19. (no title)

    “Long ago when the people used to be eating...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Moran, Julia Dolan, Kathleen Kelly

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  20. Place Names

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway

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