The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 1121

    John Friel

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  2. Story

    Once upon a time there were too young doctors stealing dead bodies out of the grave yard to experiment on them.

    CBÉS 1121

    James Toland, Teresa Toland

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 1121

    Mairead Comiskey, Mick Mc Eleney

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  4. Story

    This occurred in our house long ago.

    CBÉS 1121

    Mr Mick Friel, Philomena Comiskey

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  5. Clothes of Long Ago

    CBÉS 1121

    Annie O Donnell

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  6. Story

    The old people say that anything you ask at the foot of a cherry tree you will know whether you are going to get it or not.

    CBÉS 1121

    Maureen Grant, Mrs C. Grant

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  7. Fairies

    CBÉS 1121

    Annie Devlin, William Porter

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  8. Potatoes

    CBÉS 1121

    Margaret Mary Doherty, Mr Doherty

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  9. Paidreacha

    CBÉS 1121

    Maggie Gill

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  10. Story

    About two years ago the Cloontagh men were making a new road through the bog.

    CBÉS 1121

    Brigid M. Harkin

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  11. Story

    Long ago there was a man out in the top of a hill at night.

    CBÉS 1121

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  12. Coves

    CBÉS 1121

    Bridie Doherty, William Grant

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  13. Raths and Forts

    CBÉS 1121

    Annie O Donnell

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  14. Story

    Once upon a time there was a Bishop and his parents came from the Isle of Doagh.

    CBÉS 1121

    Paddy Doherty, Rose Doherty

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  15. Story

    A few days before the famine came, a man named Patrick Neil Roe Mc Laughlin was moulding the potatoes with a shovel and was finishing them up.

    CBÉS 1121

    Brigid M. Herkin, Paddy Doherty

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  16. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1121

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  17. Story

    There once lived a man in Rashaney called Sean Mc Cool.

    CBÉS 1121

    Bridie Doherty, Joseph Doherty

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  18. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 1121

    Hugh O Donnell

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  19. Landlords of Long Ago

    CBÉS 1121

    Hugh O' Donnell

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  20. A Wedding

    CBÉS 1121

    John Farren

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