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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Clonown Seventy Years Ago

    CBÉS 0270

    Lawrence Shine

    Cloonown, Co. Roscommon

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  2. Roads and Transport in Clonown Seventy Years Ago

    CBÉS 0270

    Lawrence Shine

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0270

    Lawrence Shine

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  4. Riddles in the District of Clonown in Olden Days

    CBÉS 0270

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  5. Linen-Making in the District Seventy Years Ago

    CBÉS 0270

    Mrs Lawrence Geoghegan

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  6. The Big Wind of 1839 and the Frost of 1895

    CBÉS 0270

    Mr Lawrence Geoghegan

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    “In the year 1939 there was a great frost which lasted for six weeks. On this occassion the River Shannon was iced thickly.”

    CBÉS 0270

    Lawrence Geoghegan

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  8. Birds of This District

    CBÉS 0270

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  9. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0270

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  10. Local Superstitions

    CBÉS 0270

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  11. Local Methods of Catching Wild Birds Long Ago

    CBÉS 0270

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  12. The Famine of 1847 in the District

    CBÉS 0270

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  13. Local Games

    CBÉS 0270

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  14. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0270

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  15. Our Townland

    CBÉS 0270

    Cloonown, Co. Roscommon

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  16. Halloween Customs in this District

    CBÉS 0270

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  17. A Blessed Well in the District

    CBÉS 0270

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  18. Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0270

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