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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. Festival Customs - May Day

    CBÉS 0987

    Joseph Gaffney, Maggie Gaffney

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  2. Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day

    CBÉS 0987

    Maggie Goldrick

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  3. Festival Customs - Easter Sunday

    CBÉS 0987

    John Mc Larney

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  4. Festival Customs - Whit Time

    CBÉS 0987

    Alice Sheridan

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  5. Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0987

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  6. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0987

    Maggie Goldrick

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  7. Stories of the Holy Family

    CBÉS 0987

    Kathleen Thompson, Mary Thompson

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  8. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary Kearney

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  9. My Home District

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary K. Kearney

    Carrick, Co. Cavan

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  10. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary K. Kearney

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  11. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0987

    Maggie Goldrick

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  12. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0987

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  13. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary K. Kearney

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  14. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary K. Kearney

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  15. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0987

    Maggie Goldrick

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  16. A Song

    “O gallant sons of Breffni from town and verdent dale”

    CBÉS 0987

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  17. The Patron Saint of the Diocese

    CBÉS 0987

    Maggie Goldrick

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  18. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0987

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  19. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0987

    Kevin Fitzmaurice

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  20. Churning

    CBÉS 0987

    Mary K. Kearney

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