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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. A Súgán Chair

    CBÉS 0448

    Margaret O Connor, Maurice Casey

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  2. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora May Reidy

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  3. Churning in the Olden Times

    CBÉS 0448

    Jeremiah D. Riordan

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  4. St Patrick's Day Crosses (Girls)

    CBÉS 0448

    Mrs J. D. Riordan

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  5. St Patrick's Day Crosses (Boys)

    CBÉS 0448

    Jeremiah D. Riordan, Mary Connell

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  6. Flax

    CBÉS 0448

    Mrs Nora Connell

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  7. A Story

    CBÉS 0448

    John Reidy, Mary Connell

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0448

    Thade Daly

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  9. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0448

    Mary Connell, Mrs J. P. Connor

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    “My mother told me that her father, who is a long time dead, knew a certain man who got sick.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Margaret O Connor, Mrs Casey

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    “I remember well when Donal Brosnan went to America.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Denis Murphy

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    “One night long ago I was coming from a fair and it was very late in the night.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Kitty Cullinane, Michael Murphy

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    “In my land there is a field and long ago I heard my father saying that himself and other boys around the place used to kick football there.”

    CBÉS 0448

    Michael C. Crowley

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  14. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0448

    Mrs Nora O Connor

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  15. How We Used to Make Butter and Fill Firkins

    CBÉS 0448

    Nora O Connor

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  16. Old Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0448

    Michael J. O Connor

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  17. My Home District

    CBÉS 0448

    Dora Reidy

    Knockrower West, Co. Kerry

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  18. Local Heroes and Heroines

    CBÉS 0448

    Patrick O Connor

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  19. A Story

    CBÉS 0448

    Nora Kerin, William Prendiville

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  20. A Story

    CBÉS 0448

    Donna Riordan, John D. Riordan

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