The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. (no title)

    Some time ago all the men used to go out card-playing money.

    CBÉS 0054

    Edward Kenny

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    A man named Deely was coming home from one night.

    CBÉS 0054

    Edward Kenny

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    About twenty years ago a Scottish firm was cutting timber in Dalyston wood.

    CBÉS 0054

    Delia Fahy, Patrick Healy

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    A long time ago there was a crock of gold hidden beneath a rock in Ballyhogan, Kilrickle

    CBÉS 0054

    Michael Hardiman, Pauline Hardiman

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    There is a crock of gold hidden in a field near our house

    CBÉS 0054

    John Flaherty, Nellie Coleman

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  6. (no title)

    Many years ago money was very plentiful about.

    CBÉS 0054

    Christina Fahy, Patrick Healy

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  7. (no title)

    In the demesne of Masonbrook there is an old fort.

    CBÉS 0054

    Anna M. Rabbitte, John Callanan

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    A head like a thimble, a tail like a rat.

    CBÉS 0054

    John Fahy

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    A man without eyes saw apples on a tree.

    CBÉS 0054

    Nellie Coleman, Thomas Coleman

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  10. A Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0054

    Teresa Linnane, Thomas Linnane

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  11. A Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0054

    Peggy Kelly, Thomas Kelly

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0054

    Peggy Kelly, Thomas Kelly

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  13. A Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0054

    Delia Fahy, Patrick Healy

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0054

    Delia Fahy

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  15. Riddles

    CBÉS 0054

    Pauline Hardiman

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  16. A Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0054

    Eva Whelan, Thomas Whelan

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  17. A Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0054

    Belinda Melia, James O' Malley

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0054

    Belinda Melia, James O' Malley

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  19. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0054

    Belinda Melia, James O' Malley

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  20. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0054

    Belinda Melia, James O' Malley

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