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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. Thatching

    CBÉS 0252

    Mary Stapleton, Mr John Brennan

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  2. Local Forge

    CBÉS 0252

    Mary Stapleton, Mrs E. Egan

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  3. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0252

    Peter Flaherty, Tom Banaghan

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  4. Digging the Potatoes

    CBÉS 0252

    Annie Egan, Pat Carlos

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  5. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0252

    Cait Brady, Owen Mulvey

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  6. Bread

    CBÉS 0252

    Luke Kelly, Mary Stapleton, Winnie Kelly

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  7. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0252

    Florrie Dolan, John Dockery

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  8. The Witch of Caslin's Hill - Jenny on the Hill

    CBÉS 0252

    Paddy Flanagan, Peter Flaherty

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  9. Superstitious Sayings and Omens

    CBÉS 0252

    Bridie Holmes, Edward Holmes

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  10. Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0252

    Celia Holmes, Mrs Dolan

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  11. Folklore - Customs of Halloween

    CBÉS 0252

    Annie Egan, Michael Egan

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  12. Customs of St Stephen's Day

    CBÉS 0252

    John Kelly, Peter Flaherty

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  13. Customs of the Twelfth Night

    CBÉS 0252

    Annie Egan, Edward Holmes

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  14. Customs of St Patrick's Day

    CBÉS 0252

    Mary Stapleton

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  15. Customs of May Day

    CBÉS 0252

    Mary Stapleton, Mrs Stapleton

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  16. The Witch - The Witch and the Curate

    CBÉS 0252

    Bridie Holmes, Paddy Flanagan

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  17. Pat Burke and the Fairy

    CBÉS 0252

    John P. Dufficy, Winnie Kelly

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  18. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0252

    Michael Egan, Peter Flaherty

    Annaghmore, Co. Roscommon

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  19. The First Black Cow Ever Seen in Ireland

    CBÉS 0252

    Annie Egan, Michael Egan

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  20. Hedge-Schoolmasters

    “Some of the forgotten "Hedge school masters" in the Strokestown District, Co. Roscommon in the years 1823-1824.”

    CBÉS 0252

    Florrie Dolan, Mrs Dolan

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