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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0536

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  2. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0536

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0536

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  4. (no title)

    “If the smoke will not go up the chimney it is a sign of bad weather.”

    CBÉS 0536

    Margaret Cahill

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  5. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0536

    Annie Kennedy

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    “There was a hedge school in Kyle in olden days in James Darcy's field.”

    CBÉS 0536

    Margaret Darcy

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  7. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0536

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  8. (no title)

    “Long ago marriages used to take place in Shrove, but now they take place at all times of the year...”

    CBÉS 0536

    Patrick Cahill

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    “There is a Mass path going from James Darcy's to Grawn Church.”

    CBÉS 0536

    James O' Meara

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  10. Local Fields

    CBÉS 0536

    Margaret O' Meara

    Kylenaheskeragh, Co. Tipperary

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  11. Local Birds

    CBÉS 0536

    James O' Meara

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  12. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0536

    Chrissie Madden

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  13. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0536

    Michael O Meara

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  14. Local Forts

    CBÉS 0536

    John Carroll

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    “The famine occurred in the year 1857.”

    CBÉS 0536

    Lizzie Darcy

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  16. Local Games

    CBÉS 0536

    Nancy Madden

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  17. Local Roads and Lanes

    CBÉS 0536

    Annie Kennedy

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  18. My Home District

    CBÉS 0536

    Margaret Darcy

    Kylenaheskeragh, Co. Tipperary

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  19. Ethnographic

    CBÉS 0536

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  20. Herbs

    CBÉS 0536

    Lizzie Darcy

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