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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. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Brady

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  2. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Brady

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  3. Old Cures

    “There is a certain weed growing around our house. It is called Pinkwart.”

    CBÉS 0183

    James Brady

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  4. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Brady

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  5. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Brady

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  6. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Teresa Nealon

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  7. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Teresa Nealon

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  8. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Teresa Nealon

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  9. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Teresa Nealon

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  10. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Vincent Nealon

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  11. Old Stories

    CBÉS 0183

    Teresa Nealon

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    “In the times before the Famine the people ate only oatmeal, potatoes and milk.”

    CBÉS 0183

    Annie Shannon

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  13. (no title)

    “About seventy years ago the people of this neighbourhood never used flour or tea.”

    CBÉS 0183

    Mary Brady

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  14. The Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0183

    Annie Shannon

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  15. Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0183

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  16. A Collection of Prayers

    CBÉS 0183

    Annie Shannon

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  17. (no title)

    “There is an old fort on the land of Bernard Brady Cloonlurg.”

    CBÉS 0183

    James Brady

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  18. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

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    “This is another old cure for erysipelas.”

    CBÉS 0183

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  20. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0183

    Annie Shannon

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