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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. The Wreck of the Joseph Howe

    CBÉS 0277

    Patrick Sullivan

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  2. (no title)

    “There are several different versions of the wreck of the Joseph Howe in Bere Island.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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  3. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0277

    Mary C. Sullivan

    Ballynakilla, Co. Cork

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    “Pairc oir, The field of gold.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Chris Lowney

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    “Buaile, is so called because the people were confirmed there in the Penal days, as there was not enough room in the Church at that time.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Sile Sullivan

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    “Here are the names of some of our fields.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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  7. Trades and Occupations

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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  8. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0277

    Mary C. Sullivan

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  9. Food

    CBÉS 0277

    Joseph Sullivan

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  10. How We Spend Christmas

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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  11. Place Names on the Shore

    CBÉS 0277

    Joseph Sullivan

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    “Tráig na Cocal got its name because when the water is low there are a lot of small shells on the strand.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Mary C. Sullivan

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    “Páirc na golán.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Patrick Sullivan

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    “Here are some names along the shore:-”

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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  15. Cures

    CBÉS 0277

    Margaret C. Sullivan

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  16. Cures

    CBÉS 0277

    Joseph Sullivan

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    “When a person had the whooping cough they used give milk to a ferret and what the ferret would let after him they used give that to the sick person for a cure.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Chris Lowney

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    “There are a lot of local cures for various diseases.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Margaret P. Sullivan

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    “The old people have a lot of old cures.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Finbarr Murphy

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    “Long ago the people had many cures for different diseases and sores.”

    CBÉS 0277

    Patrick Sullivan

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