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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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    “Stephen Roche (great-grandfather of James Roche above)...”

    CBÉS 0876

    James Roche

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    “There was a shipwrecked years ago at the Bar of Bannow.”

    CBÉS 0876

    Philip Howlin

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  3. A Universal Belief in Bannow

    CBÉS 0876

    T. Walsh

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  4. Fishing Methods

    CBÉS 0876

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  5. Raths and Forts

    CBÉS 0876

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    “The last field to the right as you go down to the Old Quay is called the Rope Walk field.”

    CBÉS 0876

    Michael Brown

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  7. Shopping Customs

    CBÉS 0876

    Mr John White

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    “Long ago in the wood opposite to Mr Philip Ryan's cottage there was a road.”

    CBÉS 0876

    Miss Catherine Dake

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    “One night many years ago a man named Mr Barry locked himself up in a room.”

    CBÉS 0876

    Mrs Synnott

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    “Canon O'Sullivan was one night going into the Chapel in Carrig.”

    CBÉS 0876

    Andrew Cullen

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  11. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0876

    Evelyn Maddock

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  12. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0876

    Evelyn Maddock, John Maddock

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    “Long ago there was a lot of cows on the Saltee Islands...”

    CBÉS 0876

    Mrs Purcell

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    “Once upon a time ships used to come in the the old Quay.”

    CBÉS 0876

    John Roche

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  15. The Dip Chicken

    CBÉS 0876

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  16. Growing Beans

    CBÉS 0876

    Mr John White

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  17. Bean Growing

    CBÉS 0876

    Bridie Davey, Miss Catherine Dake

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  18. Bean Growing

    CBÉS 0876

    Robert Morris, Thomas Morris

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  19. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0876

    John Maddock

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  20. The Quay of Bannow

    CBÉS 0876

    Mrs Waters

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