1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection

The Schools’ Collection

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

Filter results

Clear
View results on map

Results

37 results

  1. (no title)

    “People say that there is a cure in Walshe's blood for ring-worm.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  2. (no title)

    “Some people wanted to build a new house one time.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    “One night a man was in bed and he heard his horses galloping about the road.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  4. (no title)

    “One night a man was going in his cuard and he went into a certain meadow and it began to rain very heavy.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  5. Tradition of 98

    CBÉS 0871

    Martin Carty, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  6. Poor Little Jemmy

    CBÉS 0871

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  7. Oh Blame Not the Men

    CBÉS 0871

    Joseph Corish, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  8. The Story of Michael Dalton

    CBÉS 0871

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  9. Michael O'Helton - The Hedge-School Master

    CBÉS 0871

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  10. Song

    “They say the clouds are cleaning that long o'er Ireland lay”

    CBÉS 0871

    Kitty Power, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  11. German War Song

    CBÉS 0871

    Annie Walsh, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  12. Story of '98

    CBÉS 0872

    Kitty Power, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  13. Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0872

    Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  14. Penal Days

    CBÉS 0872

    Lizzie Kehoe, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “Long ago there lived an old woman named Mary Harte in Taghmon in the county Wexford.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Jim Cullen, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  16. (no title)

    “In the centre of the village of Taghmon stands a big castle.”

    CBÉS 0883

    Martin Kelly, Martin Walsh

    Transcript

  17. A Story of 1798

    CBÉS 0898

    Martin Walsh, Mary O' Neill

    Transcript