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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. Cures and Superstitions

    CBÉS 0142

    Anne K. Carabine, Mrs Mc Donnell, Mrs Meerin

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  2. Cure for Warts

    CBÉS 0142

    Mrs Mc Donnell

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  3. (no title)

    “In the townland of Ballymoghany there was a hedge-school about hundred years ago.”

    CBÉS 0163

    Mary Queenan, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  4. Folklore - The Priest Rock

    CBÉS 0344

    Mrs Mc Donnell, Nell Barrett

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0675

    Bridget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  6. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0675

    Briget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  7. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0675

    Bridget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  8. My Home District

    CBÉS 0675

    Bridget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

    Newtown, Co. Louth

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  9. Local Proverbs

    CBÉS 0675

    Mrs Mc Donnell, Patricia Mc Donnell

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  10. Clothes Made Locally

    CBÉS 0676

    Briget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  11. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0676

    Briget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  12. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0676

    Briget Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  13. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0679

    James Collins, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  14. (no title)

    “There is a well near Dundalk named Lady-well.”

    CBÉS 0680

    Anthony Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  15. The Games I Play

    CBÉS 0700

    Mrs Mc Donnell, Phyllis Mc Donell

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  16. Old Crafts - The Bleach Yard

    CBÉS 0735

    Agnes Whearty, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  17. Industries - Tanning - The Old Tannery

    CBÉS 0736

    Agnes Whearty, Eileen Beglin, John Daly, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  18. The Linen Industry - Bleaching

    CBÉS 0736

    Agnes Whearty, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  19. (no title)

    “The houses in olden times...”

    CBÉS 0741

    James Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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  20. Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0741

    James Mc Donnell, Mrs Mc Donnell

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