The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0708

    John Melady

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  2. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0708

    Julia Smyth

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  3. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0708

    Mary O' Brien

    Kilbeg Lower, Co. Meath

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  4. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0708

    Mary O' Brien

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  5. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0708

    Richard Lynch

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  6. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0708

    Julia Smyth, Mr Francis Farrelly

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  7. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0708

    James Galligan

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  8. The Famine Time

    CBÉS 0708

    Julia Smyth, Mr Francis Farrelly

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  9. The Great Famine

    CBÉS 0708

    Joe Duignan, Paddy Lynch

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  10. The Local Roads

    CBÉS 0708

    James Brady, John Melady

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  11. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0708

    Michael Carpenter

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  12. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0708

    Julia Smyth

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  13. My Home District

    CBÉS 0708

    Michael Carpenter

    Castletownmoor, Co. Meath

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  14. My Home District

    CBÉS 0708

    Matthew O Connell

    Drakerath, Co. Meath

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  15. My Home District

    CBÉS 0708

    Kitty Clarke

    Kilbeg Lower, Co. Meath

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  16. My Home District

    CBÉS 0708

    Mary O Brien

    Kilbeg Lower, Co. Meath

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  17. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0708

    Matthew O Connell

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  18. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0708

    Nan Gaffney

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    There is a blessed well in Moat...

    CBÉS 0708

    Patsy Clarke

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  20. Herbs

    CBÉS 0708

    John Melady

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