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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. A Prayer

    CBÉS 0089

    Maighreadh Ní Ghallcobhaír, Pat Gallagher

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  2. Rhyme

    CBÉS 0089

    Margaret Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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  3. Joe Mór McDonnell MP

    CBÉS 0117

    Ellie Marree, Pat Gallagher

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  4. The Cholera

    CBÉS 0142

    Michael Quinn, Pat Gallagher

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  5. (no title)

    “The O'Dowds were lords of Tír Amhlaidh and they lived at Ardmaree on the brink of the Moy, near the sea for centuries.”

    CBÉS 0142

    Michael Quinn, Pat Gallagher

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  6. Folklore

    CBÉS 0145

    Agnes Mary O' Boyle, Pat Gallagher

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  7. (no title)

    “In olden times there lived in the Parish of Crossmolina a party named Connors.”

    CBÉS 0145

    Agnes M. O' Boyle, Pat Gallagher

    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo

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  8. Creels

    CBÉS 0145

    Agnes M. O' Boyle, Pat Gallagher

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  9. The Night of the Big Wind

    CBÉS 0150

    Annie Maher, Pat Gallagher

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  10. A Game - The Priest Of The Parish

    CBÉS 0153

    Pat Gallagher, Thomas A. Gallagher

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  11. Cures - The Rose

    CBÉS 0167

    Mary A. Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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  12. Bird-Lore - Corn-Crake

    CBÉS 0167

    Mary A. Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0167

    Bartly Higgins, Eileen Boland, Evelyn Kelly, Francis Mc Nulty, Henry Flynn, Mary Gallagher, Michael Boland, Michael Tiernan, Pat Collins, Pat Gallagher

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    “When a cow calves a penny is put in the bottom of a can before she is milked first.”

    CBÉS 0172

    Brigid Hevers, Pat Gallagher

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  15. Religious Stories

    CBÉS 0174

    Pat Gallagher

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  16. The Fairy Fountain

    CBÉS 0174

    Margaret Mc Dermott, Pat Gallagher

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  17. The Fairy Fountain

    CBÉS 0174

    P. Mc Laughlin, Pat Gallagher

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  18. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0177

    Josie Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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  19. The Weather Signs

    CBÉS 0190

    Michael Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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  20. Local Blacksmith

    CBÉS 0212

    Margaret Gallagher, Pat Gallagher

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