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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. Buying and Selling

    CBÉS 0747

    John Conaughton, Willie Conaughton

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  2. Football Games

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid, Thomas Dooner

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  3. Football Games

    CBÉS 0747

    Charles Conaughton, Pat Rushe

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  4. Weight-Throwing

    CBÉS 0747

    Pat Conaughton, Thomas Dooner

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  5. Weight-Throwing

    CBÉS 0747

    Charles Mc Elinn, John Reid

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  6. Saint Martin

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Rushe, Pat Rushe

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    “Girls go out on Hallow Eve night and pull a stalk of cabbage of which the head is cut off without looking at it...”

    CBÉS 0747

    Elsie Wilson, Mrs Moran

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  8. Christmas Customs

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Rushe, Pat Rushe

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  9. Christmas Customs

    CBÉS 0747

    Pat Rushe

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  10. Hallow Eve Customs

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid

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  11. Easter Sunday

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid

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  12. Shrove Tuesday

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Conaughton, Pat Conaughton

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  13. Ash Wednesday

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid

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  14. Food in Olden Times - Rasp

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid, Mrs Reid

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  15. Food in Olden Times - Sounds

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid, Mrs Reid

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  16. The Wounded Mermaid

    CBÉS 0747

    John Reid, Thomas Dooner

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  17. Old Stories Told to Children by Their Mothers - Cakeen Caukeen

    CBÉS 0747

    Mollie Elliott, Mrs A. Elliott

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  18. Old Stories Told to Children by Their Mothers - The Horned Woman

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Duffy, Willie Conaughton

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  19. The Poor Scholars

    CBÉS 0747

    Billy Foxe, Ned Coffey

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  20. The Tower

    CBÉS 0747

    Elsie Wilson, John Moran

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