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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. Riddles

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  2. Riddles

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  3. Local Sayings

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  4. Cures

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  5. Hedge-Schools

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    Mavis Renehan, Michael Cahill

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  6. Hedge-School

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    Mollie Cahill, Mrs Cahill

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  7. Hedge-Schools

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    Christopher Reilly, Kevin Cahill

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  8. Hedge-School at the Bush

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    Hugh Farmer, Philip Smyth

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  9. Hedge-School

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    Joseph Daly, Mattie Daly

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  10. Hedge-School

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    John Dunne, Mattie Daly

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  11. Hedge-School

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    James Smyth, Rose Shaffrey

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  12. Hedge-School

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    James Dugdale, Patrick Keane

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  13. Hedge-School

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    James Connell

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  14. The Leipreahaun

    CBÉS 0715

    Michael Briody's, Nora Smyth

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  15. The Leipreachaun

    CBÉS 0715

    James Renehan, Mavis Renehan

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  16. The Leipreachaun

    CBÉS 0715

    Mollie Cahill, Mrs Cahill

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  17. The Leipreachaun

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    Mattie Daly, Mrs Mary Daly

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  18. The Leipreachaun

    “The Leipreachaun is a very quaint little fellow, he is a fairy man, in height about six inches, and whenever he shows himself to a mortal, which is very seldom....”

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    “Once upon a time a man went out to plough with his horses and when he had two scribes ploughed he had to take out his....”

    CBÉS 0715

    James Dugdale, Patrick Keane

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    “There is a leipreachaun in Carr's fort in the townland of Shranabale.”

    CBÉS 0715

    Christopher Reilly, Kevin Cahill

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