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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. Old Stories

    CBÉS 0607

    John O' Shea, Peggy Shea

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  2. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0607

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  3. Place Names

    CBÉS 0607

    James Casey, John Casey, Michael Corry

    Ballyea, Co. Clare

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0607

    John Shea, Morgan Mc Inerney

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  5. Feasts of the Year

    CBÉS 0607

    James Casey

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  6. Food of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0607

    Brigid Casey, John Casey

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    “There was once a woman who boiled a pot of stirabout for three workmen.”

    CBÉS 0607

    John J. Casey

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  8. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0607

    Morgan Mc Inerney

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  9. Making the Churn

    CBÉS 0607

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  10. Butter-Making

    CBÉS 0607

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  11. Churning

    CBÉS 0607

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  12. Churning

    “There was once a woman who had five or six cows.”

    CBÉS 0607

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  13. (no title)

    “There was once a man called Flynn, living in Ballyea.”

    CBÉS 0607

    John J. Casey, Morgan Mc Inerney

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  14. Houses Long Ago

    CBÉS 0607

    James Casey, Norah Casey

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  15. Houses Long Ago

    “One time a certain family were building a new house in an old road.”

    CBÉS 0607

    Fanny Mc Inerney, Morgan Mc Inerney

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  16. Old Ruins

    CBÉS 0607

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  17. Killone

    CBÉS 0607

    Morgan Mc Inerney

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  18. Fairs

    CBÉS 0607

    James Casey

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  19. Forts or Raths

    CBÉS 0607

    John J. Casey, Morgan Mc Inerney

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  20. Graveyards

    CBÉS 0607

    John James Casey

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