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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. Beatha agus Sláinte

    CBÉS 0508

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  2. Béaloideas

    CBÉS 0508

    M. O' D.

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  3. An Stiogán

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

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    “In an earlier part of this collection there was a reference to a famous faction fighter...”

    CBÉS 0508

    William Corkery

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    “Tháinig Cumann Ársaidheachta na Tuadh Mhumhan ar cuaird go Cromadh Dia Domhnaigh...”

    CBÉS 0508

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    “Once there was a man from the Patrickswell side going to Cork.”

    CBÉS 0508

    Denis Lyons

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    “Bodhaheen = (? Boidaichín) the boss of straw into which, for convenience the scollops are thrust...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Thomas Hogan

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    “If you take three meals of nettles between Old May Day and New May Day...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

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    “Orenagrook (? Árd na gcruach) means the hill of the reeks...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail, P. Dore

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    “This moment a male blackbird with a white feather in his wing...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

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    “I am a cake from Ballybake, I ran away from two old maids...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail

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    “I am cake, I come from Ballybake All the ways I came today...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dick O' Donnell, Johnnie Tierney

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    “There was a small woman and a small man living in a small house...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Thomas Lane, Willie Lane

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    “Once upon a time there lived a wee wee woman and a wee wee man...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Jude Regan, Miss Finnerty

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    “There is a right side and a wrong side to every graveyard...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Michael Toomey

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  16. Old Rhyme

    CBÉS 0508

    Miss M. Finnerty

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  17. Old Rhyme

    “Twas like an eagle in the sky when the eagle began to roar...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail, Mrs M Leo

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    “To cure St. Anthony's fire - a variety of skin trouble...”

    CBÉS 0508

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    “There were two brothers named Ryan - Jim and Páke...”

    CBÉS 0508

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    “Curran the poet belonged to Road hill, a parish midway between Croom and Charleville...”

    CBÉS 0508

    Tom Hogan

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