The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0596

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  2. Unlucky Acts

    CBÉS 0596

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  3. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0596

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  4. Bird Folklore

    CBÉS 0596

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  5. A Mermaid

    CBÉS 0596

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  6. Unlucky Acts

    CBÉS 0596

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  7. An Old House

    CBÉS 0596

    Cormac Mc Namara, Mary Mc Mahon

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  8. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0596

    Mary O' Loughlin, Thomas Macnamara

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  9. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0596

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  10. Birthmarks

    CBÉS 0596

    Mrs William Macnamara

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  11. Birthmarks

    Mrs G-, Rosroe, Sixmilebridge, Co.Clare was carrying a child at the time.

    CBÉS 0596

    Miss Jessie Gilligan

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  12. Birthmarks

    Mrs. G-. Quin, Co.Clare, got her teeth taken out in Ennis, while she was carrying a baby.

    CBÉS 0596

    M.K. Carmody

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  13. Birthmarks

    The touch of a dead man's hand is said to remove a birthmark.

    CBÉS 0596

    Mrs Pat Kelly

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  14. Sí Gaoithe

    CBÉS 0596

    Thomas Macnamara

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  15. A Mermaid Story

    CBÉS 0596

    Patrick Neylon

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  16. A Story

    CBÉS 0596

    Mr Mac Fadden

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  17. A Story

    CBÉS 0596

    John Scanlan

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  18. A Mermaid

    CBÉS 0596

    Cormac Mc Namara, John Mc Hugh

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  19. Pat O'Leary

    CBÉS 0596

    Pat Clune

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  20. Cramps

    CBÉS 0596

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