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 Place Names

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Mr W. Taylor, Mrs A. Johnson, Mrs G. Trappe

    Athlone, Co. Westmeath

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  2. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr W. Taylor, Mrs G. Johnson

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  3. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0748

    Kieran Hannon, Mr W. Taylor, Mrs Dowdall

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  4. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr W. Taylor, Mrs Johnson

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  5. Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0748

    E. Lewis, Mr W. Taylor, Mrs A. Johnson, Paddy Burns

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  6. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr Trappe, Mr W. Taylor, Mrs A. Johnson, Paddy Burns

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  7. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr W. Taylor, Paddy Burns

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  8. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr W. Taylor, Mrs A. Johnson, Mrs G. Trappe

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  9. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr Francis, Mr W. Taylor, Paddy Burns

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  10. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0748

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  11. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Mr T. Dowdall, Mrs Francis

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  12. My Home District

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr Dowdall, Mr F. Dobbs, Mrs Smith

    Athlone, Co. Westmeath

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  13. Herbs

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Mr G. Johnson, Paddy Burns

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  14. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Paddy Burns

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  15. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0748

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  16. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0748

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  17. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Paddy Burns

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  18. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0748

    Andy Lynam, Mr Smith

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  19. Clothes Made Locally

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr Dowdall, Mr F. Dobbs

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  20. The Local Patron Saint

    CBÉS 0748

    Mr F. Dobbs, Mrs F. Neilan

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