The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Irish Words in Common Use in Locality

    CBÉS 0664

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  2. Place Names

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    Sheelagh, Co. Louth

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  3. Local Superstitions

    CBÉS 0664

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  4. Wakes

    CBÉS 0664

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    Weackie (bhacach) a nickname given to a girl who lived around here about eighty years ago.

    CBÉS 0664

    John Agnew

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    One evening Pat McArdle was going to the shop for bread and when he was passing Quinn's fort he saw a crowd of little men dancing round a bush.

    CBÉS 0664

    Mrs J. Martin

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    Once upon a time there was an old man and his son living in a small house.

    CBÉS 0664

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    Once upon a time there lived a King who had three sons.

    CBÉS 0664

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    Once upon a time when a tramp tailor went into a house the child was crying and the mother said it was always crying like that.

    CBÉS 0664

    Mrs Mary Mc Ardle

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    Once upon a time a crowd of people were playing cards in a house and when they were playing some time one of the players was geting all the tricks by fraud.

    CBÉS 0664

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    Once upon a time there was a man coming home from playing cards and when he was passing through a wood he saw a little man with a very little table and the little man asked the other man for the pack of cards that he had in his pocket.

    CBÉS 0664

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    Once upon a time there was a widow woman and her son living in a small house.

    CBÉS 0664

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  13. Old Riddles

    CBÉS 0664

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  14. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0664

    John Sherry

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  15. Severe Weather - Big Wind of 1839

    CBÉS 0664

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  16. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0664

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  17. The Black Bull

    CBÉS 0664

    Máighread Bean Uí Ghnimh, Máire Mhic an Ghirr

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  18. The Wee Bannock

    CBÉS 0664

    Máighread Bean Uí Ghnimh, Máire Mhic an Ghirr

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  19. The Barley Grain

    CBÉS 0664

    Ally Short

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  20. A Fairy Tale

    CBÉS 0664

    Seán Mac Diarmada

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