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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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    “My grandfather and another man were minding a well in Coolroe...”

    CBÉS 0654

    Patrick Mc Grath

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    “At Ahenna churchyard, about two hundred years ago, there suddenly appeared, in one night, seven monuments.”

    CBÉS 0654

    Patrick Walsh

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  3. Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0654

    Mollie Mc Grath, Patrick Power

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    “There was a ghost seen at Áth na gCeann and a man went to fight the ghost...”

    CBÉS 0654

    Betty Hassett, John Hassett

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  5. Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0654

    Agnes Kirby, Michael Kirby

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  6. Historical Tradition

    CBÉS 0654

    Beatrice Walsh, Thomas Walsh

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  7. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0654

    Beatrice Walsh, Thomas Walsh

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  8. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0654

    Agnes Kirby, Micheal Kirby

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  9. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0654

    Betty Hassett, Mrs Hassett

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  10. Food

    CBÉS 0654

    Betty Hassett, Mrs Hassett

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  11. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0654

    Bridget Power, Michael Walsh

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  12. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0654

    Molly Mc Grath, Patrick Power

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  13. Local Songs

    “I went up to the cross of Feddons,”

    CBÉS 0654

    Alice Hassett, John Hassett

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  14. Local Songs

    “During the land league days in Ireland, the”

    CBÉS 0654

    Molly Mc Grath, Mrs Mc Grath

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  15. Pisreoga

    CBÉS 0654

    Molly Mc Grath, Mrs Mc Grath

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    “The finding of a horse shoe is said to bring a person luck . . .”

    CBÉS 0654

    Thomas Walsh

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    “In olden times there was a stream between two farmers places.”

    CBÉS 0654

    Kathleen Mahoney, Thomas Power

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  18. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0654

    Nora Hurton, Peter Hurton

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  19. Bread

    CBÉS 0654

    Betty Hassett, Mrs Hassett

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  20. Bread

    CBÉS 0654

    Maggie Shanahan, Mrs Shanahan

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