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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. The Witch's Broom and the Hole in the Wall

    CBÉS 0638

    Margaret Deane, Mrs Tully

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  2. The Story of a Serpent

    CBÉS 0638

    Margaret Diane, Mrs M Tulley

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  3. Tallow Parish

    CBÉS 0638

    Mr M Geary, Nora Geary

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  4. An Old Song

    “There is a man named Miks Malone,”

    CBÉS 0638

    Mary Malone, Mr J Malone

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  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0638

    Mr J J Walsh, Patricia Beecher

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  6. An Excuse for Bad Writing

    CBÉS 0638

    Mr M Lane, Patricia Beechert

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  7. Kitty from Baltimore

    CBÉS 0638

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  8. Songs about School

    “Long ago, the children who were going”

    CBÉS 0638

    K Holland, Mr P Murphy

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  9. One of the Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0638

    Kathleen Holland, Mr P Hartigan

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  10. A Highway Man

    CBÉS 0638

    Joe Holland, Mr J. Holland

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  11. Rian Bó Phádraig

    CBÉS 0638

    Mary Malone, Mr J. Malone

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  12. The Weasel's Nest

    CBÉS 0638

    Kathleen Holland, Mr P. Murphy

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  13. Lame Mary

    CBÉS 0638

    Kathleen Holland, Mr J. Holland

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  14. The Woman with the Pig's Head

    CBÉS 0638

    Joe Holland, Mr J. Holland

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  15. A Land League Meeting

    CBÉS 0638

    Mary Malone, Mr J. Malone

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  16. Lisfinny Castle

    CBÉS 0638

    Mr J Campion, Patricia Beecher

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  17. Old Poets

    CBÉS 0638

    Mary Flynn, Mr M Neville

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  18. A True Story

    “A poor old woman lived in Convent St. about fifty years ago.”

    CBÉS 0638

    Mrs H. Burke, Nora Ahern

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  19. Fairies

    CBÉS 0638

    Mrs H. Burke, Nora Ahern

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  20. The Commandments

    CBÉS 0638

    Miss M. Malone

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