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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. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 1083

    Maureen Mc Cormick

    Drumbologe, Co. Donegal

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  2. An Old Saying

    CBÉS 1083

    Maureen Mc Cormick

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  3. A Story

    “A lame man went to a priest to be cured.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Maureen Mc Cormick

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  4. Gartan Clay

    CBÉS 1083

    John Boyle, Maggie Boyle

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  5. Fairy Stories

    CBÉS 1083

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    “There was a man one time who lived near my father's wood. One day he went into the wood to cut fine wood and he saw a fairy.”

    CBÉS 1083

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    “A little fairy woman with a wee red cloak on her appeared one time.”

    CBÉS 1083

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  8. St Colmcille's Footprints

    CBÉS 1083

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  9. Cures

    CBÉS 1083

    John Kelly, Rose Agnes Kelly

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  10. Holy Well

    CBÉS 1083

    John Kelly, Rose Agnes Kelly

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  11. Holy Well

    CBÉS 1083

    John Kelly, Rose Agnes Kelly

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  12. Cures

    CBÉS 1083

    John Kelly, Rose Agnes Kelly

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  13. A Poetry about Candlesmas Day

    CBÉS 1083

    John Kelly, Rose Agnes Kelly

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  14. Winter Tales - Sad Tales

    CBÉS 1083

    Rose Agnes Kelly

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  15. Poetry

    CBÉS 1083

    Rose Agnes Kelly

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    “There is an old saying - ¶ Yet I think that ghost stories ¶ Always will be the favourites by the winter fire.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Rose Agnes Kelly

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  17. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 1083

    Rose Agnes Kelly, Willie Kennedy

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    “Edward McDaid was cutting turf on Charlie McDaid's bog of Drucklish.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget Flanagan, Edward Mc Daid

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    “The cure for warts is to wash your hands in water that lies in a rack.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget Flanagan

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    “Once upon a time there was a man who had a sick cow.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget Flanagan

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