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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. Michael Davitt

    CBÉS 0149

    Nora Walshe

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  2. Potatoes

    CBÉS 0149

    Michael Flynn

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  3. Story

    CBÉS 0149

    Kate Philbin

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  4. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0149

    Maggie Cawley

    Tobernaveen, Co. Mayo

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  5. Local Amusements

    CBÉS 0149

    John Kelly

    Bofeenaun, Co. Mayo

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  6. Big Feasts

    CBÉS 0149

    Eileen Leonard

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  7. Customs

    CBÉS 0149

    Kate Philbin

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  8. Customs

    CBÉS 0149

    Ita O' Donohoe

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  9. Riddles

    CBÉS 0149

    Ita O' Donohoe

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  10. (no title)

    “Many years ago when kings were as plentiful in Ireland as the beggars now...”

    CBÉS 0149

    Martin Rielly, Mary Bourke

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  11. Stations

    CBÉS 0149

    Ita O' Donohoe

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  12. A Story

    “Once upon a time there was a young man going the road very late at night.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Mary Rowan

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  13. A Story

    “Once upon a time there was a widow and her daughter.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Mary Garvey, Mary Rowan

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  14. A Story

    “Once upon a time there lived an old woman and her son.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Mary K. Mayock, P. Mayock

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  15. A Story

    “Long ago there was a man living in Achill...”

    CBÉS 0149

    Eileen Leonard

    Achill, Co. Mayo

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  16. Cabbage Plants

    CBÉS 0149

    Martin Reilly

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  17. (no title)

    “Long ago there lived a priest in England named Father Doyle.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Martin Reilly, Nora Mayock

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0149

    Maggie Cawley

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  19. A Story

    “Once upon a time there lived a catholic man. His farm was situated beside a protestant minister's garden.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Nora Mayock

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  20. Local Customs

    CBÉS 0149

    Eileen Leonard

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