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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. How Potatoes Were Set in Bán Ridges Parish of Newcastle 40 Years Ago

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh

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  2. Glennaclohlea

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh

    Glennaclohalea, Co. Tipperary

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    “People used to be buried where the old Monastery was in Kilmalogue.”

    CBÉS 0571

    Denis Walsh

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  4. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0571

    Joseph Morrissey

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  5. The Game of Burn Ball

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus O Maolchathaigh

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  6. Threshing With a Flail

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh

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  7. A Banshee Story

    CBÉS 0571

    Brigid Peters

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  8. A Banshee Story

    CBÉS 0571

    Miss J. Dwyer

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  9. A Banshee Story

    CBÉS 0571

    Mrs Costigan

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  10. Irish in Parish of Grange

    CBÉS 0571

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  11. Irish Phrases Etc.

    CBÉS 0571

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  12. Animal Calls

    CBÉS 0571

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    “Rough drawing of type of spade called "baisín" used for cutting "screith's" for fuel on mountain south of Newcastle.”

    CBÉS 0571

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  14. Surnames in Grange A. School

    CBÉS 0571

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  15. Pipes

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh

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  16. Names of Fields Etc.

    CBÉS 0571

    Grange, Co. Tipperary

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  17. The Following Are Some Typical English Names

    CBÉS 0571

    Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh

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  18. Some Names of Cows

    CBÉS 0571

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  19. Some Typical Names of Horses

    CBÉS 0571

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    “Small eggs called "fóirinéul's" used to be stuck in the thatch long ago.”

    CBÉS 0571

    John Hanrahan

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