The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. A Story

    CBÉS 0012

    Mrs O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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  2. Religious Story

    CBÉS 0053

    Gertie White, Mrs O' Brien

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  3. A Storm

    CBÉS 0119

    Mary Ellen Hall, Mrs O' Brien

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  4. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0119

    Mary Ellen Hall, Mrs O' Brien

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  5. Scéal

    CBÉS 0126

    Joseph P. Caron, Mrs O' Brien

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  6. (no title)

    Eve last night about three weeks ago I received a sad glad letter of an old hag's death.

    CBÉS 0126

    Joseph P. Caron, Mrs O' Brien

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  7. Bread

    CBÉS 0202

    Maggie O' Brien, Mrs O' Brien

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  8. Herbs

    CBÉS 0205

    Maggie O Brien, Mrs O Brien

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  9. 1798 in Drumshanbo

    CBÉS 0207

    Mrs O' Brien, P.E. Reynolds

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  10. Story of the Penal Days in Leitrim

    CBÉS 0207

    Mrs O' Brien, P.E. Reynolds

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  11. (no title)

    Beyond Drumshanbo Railway Station in the townland of Minanure and old road leads across a hill known as the Furnace hill.

    CBÉS 0207

    Mrs O' Brien, P.E. Reynolds

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  12. (no title)

    One night about twenty years ago a man was going to Ballinamore on a bicycle.

    CBÉS 0224

    Mrs O Brien, Seán Dolphin

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  13. Prayers

    CBÉS 0263

    Moira O' Brien, Mrs O' Brien

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  14. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0263

    Mrs O' Brien, Paddy O' Brien

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  15. Hedge Schools

    CBÉS 0293

    Mary O Brien, Mrs O Brien

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  16. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0301

    Mrs O' Brien, Sean O' Brien

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  17. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs O' Brien, Mrs O' Mahony, Timothy Holland

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  18. New Year's Eve

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs O' Brien

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  19. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0321

    Mrs Bowen, Mrs O Brien, William Bowen, William O Brien

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  20. The Frog

    CBÉS 0321

    Mrs O Brien

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