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

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  1. Riddles I Learned at Home

    CBÉS 0790

    May Foran

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  2. Riddles

    “Its black its white and its read all over.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Eileen Morrison, Mrs Morrison

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  3. Riddles

    “Why does a hen cross the road.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Purcell, Rita Purcell

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Segrave, Teresa Segrave

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  5. Tailoring and Style of Clothes

    CBÉS 0790

    Mary Fagan, Mr John Fagan

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  6. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0790

    Marie Cassidy, Mrs Cassidy

    Castleknock, Co. Dublin

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  7. A Wake Long Ago

    CBÉS 0790

    Peter Hughes, Rita Hughes

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    “As round as an apple as plump as a ball.”

    CBÉS 0790

    May Foran, Mr Foran

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  9. (no title)

    “Black and white and red all over...”

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr P. Byrne, Shiela Byrne

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  10. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Hughes, Rosaleen Hughes

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Peter Hughes, Rita Hughes

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  13. Ghosts

    CBÉS 0790

    May Doyle, Mrs Connolly

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Coyle, Winifred Coyle

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  15. Castleknock College

    CBÉS 0790

    Mary Fagan, Mr John Fagan

    Castleknock, Co. Dublin

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  16. Weather

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  17. A Cave

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Thomas Clarke, Patricia Clarke

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  18. (no title)

    “Dandelion is supposed to be an old cure for reuthmatism.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Marie Cassidy, Mrs Cassidy

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  19. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Plunket

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  20. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Clarke, Patricia Clarke

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