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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. Páirc an Aifrinn

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

    An Mhangarta, Co. Chiarraí

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  2. A Mass Rock

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  3. Basket-Making

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  4. Candle-Making

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  5. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  6. How People Made Linen Long Ago

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  7. A Story

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  8. Cahirnane House

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  9. May Day

    CBÉS 0456

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “Fourteen or Fifteen years ago I was living at Carhoomeengar.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “I am a bold undaunted fox.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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  12. Siúil a Ghrá

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “Nuair a Raghadsa chuig an Tabhairne.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “There were two (twin?) brothers, Coffeys, they were brothers-in-law of my brothers.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “A travelling woman used to stay at Pat Mick Sullivan's.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “There Was a Family that Lived Near Farrell's...”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “Jerry Cornllise's great grandmother was in the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “While my mother lived, she always kept winding sheets for the dead...”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “I had one daughter who was very holy.”

    CBÉS 0461

    Mrs Mc Carthy

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    “I remember a station at Jamesy R's long ago and Jamesy had no money to pay the priest.”

    CBÉS 0463

    D. O' Sullivan, Mrs Mc Carthy

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