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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. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Flanagan, Miss Kelly

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  2. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Flanagan, Miss Kelly

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  3. A Story of Belhavel Castle

    CBÉS 0202

    Mary Flanagan, Maura Meehan

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    “When Mr Quinlan died about thirty years ago, an old woman named Mrs Mc Namara caoined over him.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Mary Flanagan, Mr Thomas Flanagan

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    “About a hundred years ago sheep were very plentiful in Ireland”

    CBÉS 0599

    Mary Flanagan

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  6. (no title)

    “Ballycar was once a quaint old place”

    CBÉS 0599

    Mary Flanagan

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    “Long ago in the famine years the poor people used to be provided with porridge every day.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Mary Flanagan

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  8. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0610

    Mary Flanagan

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  9. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0610

    Mary Flanagan

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  10. Games I Play - Colours

    CBÉS 0610

    Mary Flanagan

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  11. Tales of Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0610

    Mary Flanagan, Mr John Fahy

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  12. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0629

    Mary Flanagan

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  13. Fairies

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Flanagan, Mr Thomas Grahame

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    “Lucan is a very historic place and many are the stories that are told about it.”

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Flanagan, Mr Hayden

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