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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. Story

    “There was an ass on an island and he had all the grass which was growing on it eaten.”

    CBÉS 0653

    Lizzie Heffernan

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0653

    Glena Cummins

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  3. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0653

    Glena Cummins

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  4. Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0653

    Glena Cummins

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  5. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0653

    Maura Burke

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  6. A Story

    “Once upon a time when my two uncles were fishing they were near a quay called the 13 arm quay and they saw an object in a field above it.”

    CBÉS 0653

    Statia Doherty

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  7. A Story

    “One day when the Mailboat was passing the Mount near the village of Cheekpoint.”

    CBÉS 0653

    Statia Doherty

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  8. Riddles

    CBÉS 0653

    Statia Doherty

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  9. Rhymes

    CBÉS 0653

    Statia Doherty

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  10. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0653

    Jo Duffin

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  11. Prayers

    CBÉS 0653

    Jo Duffin

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  12. Aylward's Castle

    CBÉS 0653

    Annie Conroy

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  13. The Old Church

    CBÉS 0653

    Annie Conroy

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  14. The Blessed Well

    CBÉS 0653

    Mary Smith

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  15. An Old Legend

    “At the time of the Deluge (2348 BC) God commanded Noah to build an Ark in which he, his wife and there sons lived while the whole earth flooded by rain.”

    CBÉS 0653

    Berna Everett

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  16. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0653

    Kitty Dobbyn

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