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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. Story

    CBÉS 0869

    Mary Ellen Murphy

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  2. Story

    “One summer evening my uncle went down the fields to catch rabbits by setting snares.”

    CBÉS 0869

    Mary Ellen Murphy

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  3. Stories of the Locality

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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  4. Stories of the Locality

    CBÉS 0869

    Ellen Holohan, Maw Holohan

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  5. Ballyspellan

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

    Ballyspellan, Co. Kilkenny

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  6. Warrenstown

    CBÉS 0869

    Maw Holohan, William Holahan

    Warrenstown, Co. Kilkenny

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  7. Song

    “Three cheers for Captain Healy ¶ Of credit and renown”

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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  8. Prayer

    CBÉS 0869

    Mary Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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  9. Grangefertagh

    CBÉS 0869

    Bride Holohan, Mary Holohan

    Grangefertagh, Co. Kilkenny

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  10. Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0869

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  11. Home Industries

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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    “I pray to God to be my guide. And ever and ever I give my soul to God forever.”

    CBÉS 0869

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  13. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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  14. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

    Ballyspellan, Co. Kilkenny

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  15. Storms

    CBÉS 0869

    Patrick Hughes, Sadie Hughes

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  16. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0869

    Brigid Holohan, Maw Holohan

    Ballycuddihy, Co. Kilkenny

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  17. Old Raths

    CBÉS 0869

    Ellen Holohan, Maw Holohan

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  18. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0869

    Arthur Curran, Kitty Curran

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