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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. A Long Walk

    CBÉS 0226

    John Mitchell, Kathleen Harte

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  2. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  3. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Tom Maguire

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  4. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  5. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  6. Story

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Michael Sutherland

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    “I know a great swimmer Patrick Mc Manus. This man lives in Ardunsanan...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Mrs F. Delaney, Pat Delaney

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  8. Lord Leitrim's Fate

    CBÉS 0226

    Mary A. Kiernan, Mrs J. Kiernan

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  9. A Peculiar Kind of Woman

    CBÉS 0226

    Mrs Delaney, Patrick Delaney

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  10. Story

    CBÉS 0226

    Francis Delaney, Patrick Delaney

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  11. Myles the Slasher's Water-Horse

    CBÉS 0226

    Francis Delaney, Pat Delaney

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  12. Story

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Francis Quinn

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    “There are two tailors in my district. One of them work in a shop and comes home at night...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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    “There was once a man and he started to level a ditch. When he had it nearly leveled. He saw a little...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Francis Quinn

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    “There lived a man named Tierney Hands. He was going to a wedding and the fairies took him...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  16. Basket-Making

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly, Maggie Reilly

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  17. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0226

    James Reilly, Maggie Reilly

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  18. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0226

    Kathleen Harte, Pat Tiernan

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    “On St Brigid's Eve which falls on the last day of January the man of the house goes out and cuts rushes and conceals it outside of the house...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  20. Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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