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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. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0550

    Thomas O' Halloran

    Killoskehan, Co. Tipperary

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  2. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0550

    Denis Ryan, William Bourke

    Summerhill, Co. Tipperary

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  3. Local Place Names

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    Michael Bourke

    Inch, Co. Tipperary

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  4. Local Place Names

    “The name of the townsland that I live in is Kilfithmone. ...”

    CBÉS 0550

    Katty Patterson

    Kilfithmone, Co. Tipperary

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  5. Local Place Names

    “Near my home there is a townsland called Knock Breac. ...”

    CBÉS 0550

    Kathleen Louden

    Knockbrack, Co. Tipperary

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  6. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Bourke

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  7. Bird-Lore

    “Some of the birds which are to be seen in this country...”

    CBÉS 0550

    Kathleen Louden

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  8. Bird-Lore

    “There are many kinds of birds. ...”

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Ryan

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  9. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0550

    Katty Patterson

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  10. Certain Days

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    John Bourke

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  11. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Ryan

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  12. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0550

    Kathleen Louden

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  13. Local Forts

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Bourke, Michael Ryan

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  14. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0550

    John Bourke

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  15. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0550

    William Bourke

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  16. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Bourke

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  17. Proverbs

    “1. "Sufficient to the day in the evil thereof.”

    CBÉS 0550

    Kathleen Louden

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  18. Proverbs

    “1. Far away hills look green.”

    CBÉS 0550

    Thomas Patterson

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  19. Proverbs

    “(1) What's bred in the blood will break out in the bone.”

    CBÉS 0550

    Michael Ryan

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  20. Proverbs

    “(1) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.”

    CBÉS 0550

    John Bourke

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