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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. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0210

    James Murray, Kathleen Murray

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  2. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Teresa Gilbane, Thomas Gilbane

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0210

    Betty Mulvey

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  4. A True Story

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Gorman, Mrs Hunt

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  5. Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Gorman, Mrs Hunt

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  6. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0210

    Thomas Gilbane

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  7. The Big Wind

    CBÉS 0210

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  8. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Gorman, Mrs Hunt

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  9. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Gorman, Mrs Hunt

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  10. Drumcleavery

    CBÉS 0210

    J.J. Doyle, Maureen Beirne

    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim

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  11. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Gorman, Mrs Hunt

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  12. Churning

    CBÉS 0210

    George Lauder, Kitty Lauder

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  13. Churning

    “It is said that whoever brings the first can of water from the well ...”

    CBÉS 0210

    John Joe Reynolds, Sean Reynolds

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  14. Churning

    “There once was a woman who had two cows but she was not satisfied with the 'return' of the butter...”

    CBÉS 0210

    Mary Conneely, Mary Gorman

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  15. Churning

    “The oldest churn ever I saw was a foot churn made of cow hide”

    CBÉS 0210

    J.J. Doyle, Maureen Beirne

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  16. Churning

    “This child gives a description of a churn similar to that given by Kitty Lauder ...”

    CBÉS 0210

    George Noone, Lillie Noone

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  17. Churning

    “On every May Eve people made a gad of "Soundberry" and put it on the dash when churning...”

    CBÉS 0210

    Kathleen Murray, Peter Moran

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  18. Churning

    “On May morning the fairies would get the dirt from between a cow's hooves ...”

    CBÉS 0210

    James Kane, Peter Moran

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  19. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0210

    Mrs Hunt

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  20. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0210

    James Kane, Peter Moran

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