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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. Toys

    CBÉS 0774

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  2. Weather

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, P. Cleary

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  3. Travelling People

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, P. Cleary

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    “They say you should not go to a situation on a Saturday.”

    CBÉS 0774

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    “A lot of people get married on Wednesday.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  6. Riddles

    CBÉS 0774

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  7. Travelling People

    CBÉS 0774

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  8. Weather

    CBÉS 0774

    James Kennedy

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  9. My Home District

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

    Derrymullen, Co. Kildare

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  10. Place Names

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

    Derrymullen, Co. Kildare

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  11. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

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  13. Roads

    CBÉS 0774

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    “When a child is being baptized old people say if they don't cry when the water s poured on its head it will not live.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  15. (no title)

    “There was a hedge school in Derrymullen in Mr Brophy's field.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  16. The Standard Sack

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

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    “There is an old woman buried on the canal bank in Derrymullen and there is a big black dog seen at her grave every night.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  18. (no title)

    “Old people say Happy is the corpse that the rain falls on.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  19. Games

    CBÉS 0774

    Brigid Ennis

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  20. Houses

    CBÉS 0774

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