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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. Sty

    CBÉS 0584

    Margaret Quirke, Mr Pat Shea

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  2. Sty

    CBÉS 0584

    Mr Michael Dwyer, Tessie Dwyer

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  3. Leigheasanna - Sty on Eye

    CBÉS 0598

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    “A gold ring will cure a sty in your eye.”

    CBÉS 0603

    Martin Price, Mary Price

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    “It is said, that if a person has a stye on his eye, and a boy or girl whose father and mother are both living get ten dalks of a gooseberry buch , and makes the sign of the cross before the eye of the person, with nine of the dalks, one at a time, and thr”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Hanratty

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  6. An Old Cure for a Sty on the Eye

    CBÉS 0679

    Mrs Lynch

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  7. Cures - A Stye on the Eye

    CBÉS 0682

    Mrs Mary Carry, Patrick Carry

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  8. The Cure for a Sty

    CBÉS 0692

    Nicholas Duffy, Rosaleen Hughes

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  9. Stye In The Eye

    CBÉS 0700

    Séumas Ó Ruairc

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  10. Stye

    CBÉS 0700

    Mrs Rennicks, William Rennicks

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  11. Sty in the Eye

    CBÉS 0704

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  12. Sty

    CBÉS 0704

    Chrissie Murray

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  13. Local Cures - Sty

    CBÉS 0705

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    “To cure a sty...”

    CBÉS 0705

    Mrs Smyth, Peter Smyth

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  15. Sty on the Eye

    CBÉS 0725

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  16. Sty on the Eye

    CBÉS 0725

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  17. Stye

    CBÉS 0730

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  18. Cures - Cure for Stye in Your Eye

    CBÉS 0738

    Mrs Fagan

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  19. Gooseberry Charm - For Sty in the Eye

    CBÉS 0746

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  20. Local Cures - Stye in the Eye

    CBÉS 0746

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