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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. Anvil

    CBÉS 0827

    Pat Cordial

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  2. An Axe

    CBÉS 0827

    Thomas Seymour

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  3. A Plough

    CBÉS 0827

    Thomas Seymour

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  4. (no title)

    “A sprong is used mostly around the farmyard...”

    CBÉS 0827

    Paddy Scully

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  5. How to Make a Zigzag Harrow

    CBÉS 0827

    William Seymour

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  6. How to Make a Horseshoe

    CBÉS 0827

    Tim Bergon

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  7. A Slane

    CBÉS 0827

    William Lyons

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  8. (no title)

    “Long ago there was a great mill at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Matthew Collier

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  9. A Swing

    CBÉS 0827

    C. Delaney

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  10. A Flail

    CBÉS 0827

    Mrs C

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    “Long ago there was a great old Factory in a place called Ballinrally.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Matthew Collier

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    “Long ago there was a shop in a place called Gort na gCloch.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Matthew Collier

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    “Long ago there was a shop called the Butcher shop near a place calles Motans Grove.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Matthew Collier

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    “Years ago the big people has the shooting of the game on the Slieve Bloom Mountains.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Martin Lyons

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  15. (no title)

    “Long ago, a farmer sent his son John to the fair with a cow.”

    CBÉS 0827

    James Lyons

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  16. A Dresser

    CBÉS 0827

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  17. (no title)

    “I see the Moon, the Moon sees me...”

    CBÉS 0827

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  18. (no title)

    “Long ago there was a little shop or hotel on the top of Glenkit Mountain.”

    CBÉS 0827

    Thomas Dunne

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  19. A Farmer's Life

    CBÉS 0827

    Mrs Bergin

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  20. A Churn

    CBÉS 0827

    Mrs Bergin

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