The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A Gilhooly

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  2. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  3. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  4. The Potato Crop - Recipe for Making Starch from Potatoes

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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    The big wind of 1839 damaged this district very much.

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  7. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  8. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss Annie Gilhooly

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  9. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  10. The Games I Play - The House That Jack Built

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell

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  11. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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    A little boy was brought to a Sunday school for the first time when the preacher saw him he said "I think I see a new face in the class this morning"...

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A. Gilhooly

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  13. Bread

    CBÉS 0169

    Mary O' Connell, Miss A Gilhooly

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  14. Local Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0197

    Mary O' Connell

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  15. The Big Snow

    CBÉS 0310

    Mary O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  16. The Headless Coach

    CBÉS 0319

    Mary O' Connell, Mrs Stapleton

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  17. The Red Witch

    CBÉS 0319

    Mary O' Connell, Mrs Stapleton

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  18. Penal Days

    CBÉS 0356

    Francis O Keeffe, Mary O Connell

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  19. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0369

    Mary O' Connell

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  20. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0369

    Mary O' Connell

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