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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 Ghabha

    CBÉS 0107

    Máire Ní Bhróin, Micheál Ó Léighin, Mrs Catherine Freely

    Garraun, Co. Mayo

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    “There was a school in Mick Cone's field.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Maggie Waldron, Máire Bhreathneach, Máire Ní Bhróin

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  3. Prayers

    CBÉS 0107

    Máire Ní Bheirn

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    “Long ago the houses were not built the same as they are now.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Eileen Lyons

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    “We have a churn at home.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dubhsláine, Mary Kate Delaney

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    “There is a ruin in Johnstown and it is said that Mass was said there long ago.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Máire Ní Bheirn, Patrick Byrne

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    “Michael Freeley in Brackloon was a very strong man.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Eibhlín Ní Leighin

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    “Once there lived a man in Kiltullagh.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Colette Fahey, Mártain Ó Fathaigh

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    “Patrick Ownes of Logboy was the best mower around this district.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Micheál Ó Leighin

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    “There was once a woman named Mary Joyce who was Luck Moore's great grandmother”

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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  11. Great Mowers

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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  12. Storytellers

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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  13. Walkers

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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  14. Great Dancers

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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  15. Singers and Storytellers

    CBÉS 0107

    Bridget Murphy, Máire Ní Dallán

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    “In 1839 there was a fierce wind.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Máire Ní Dallán

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    “The commonest birds of this district are:- the robin, the sparrow, the wren, the swallow, the blackbird, the goldfinch, the seagull, the crow, and the curlew.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Pádraig Ó Céirín

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