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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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    “Every Sunday an old woman used to go gather sticks in a field near her home.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes

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    “An old man who lived where the church is now, used to go to play cards in a house every Sunday night.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Smith

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  3. Wakes

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Coyle, Winifred Coyle

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  4. Weather

    CBÉS 0790

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  5. Wages

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Hughes, Rosaleen Hughes

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  6. The Church

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  7. Olden Times

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  8. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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  9. Story

    “Once there was a minister living here....”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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  10. Wages

    CBÉS 0790

    Eileen Purcell, Mrs Dempsey

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Coyle, Winifred Coyle

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  12. Story

    CBÉS 0790

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  13. Food

    CBÉS 0790

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  14. Clothes

    CBÉS 0790

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  15. Cure

    “There was a well near the Sandpitts called the Rag Well.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Thomas Clarke, Patricia Clarke

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  16. Cure

    “There was a well near the Sandpitts called the Rag Well.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Thomas Clarke, Patricia Clarke

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  17. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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