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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. The Big Wind

    CBÉS 0746

    John Kevnan

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    “At Coosan Point there was a boat which was not able to carry all that went into it, 4 men and 2 women.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Mattie Kevnan

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  3. Caulry or Mount Temple

    CBÉS 0746

    Ned Ward

    Mount Temple, Co. Westmeath

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  4. Irish Words and Phrases in Use in School District

    CBÉS 0746

    Mr James Fitzpatrick

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  5. Drownings

    CBÉS 0746

    Michael Fitzpatrick, Mrs Fitzpatrick

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  6. Hedge-Schools etc

    CBÉS 0746

    Mattie Kerwan, Ned Ward

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  7. Mass Rocks etc

    CBÉS 0746

    Freddie Hughes

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  8. Flax-Weaving in the School District

    CBÉS 0746

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  9. (no title)

    “Patrick Delonta was a hedge schoolmaster.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Fred Hughes

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  10. (no title)

    “There was a hedge schoolmaster in Ballykieran.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  11. Story

    CBÉS 0746

    Liam F. Cox

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  12. Gooseberry Charm - For Sty in the Eye

    CBÉS 0746

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  13. Seventh Son Charm

    CBÉS 0746

    Eddie Hatton

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  14. Wart Stone - Charm for the Cure of Warts

    CBÉS 0746

    Sean Fitzpatrick

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  15. Burns

    CBÉS 0746

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  16. Seventh Son

    CBÉS 0746

    Sean Fitzpatrick

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  17. Charms

    CBÉS 0746

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  18. Warts

    CBÉS 0746

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  19. (no title)

    “A pain in the back can be cured by a person who is not born proper and put three times out under an ass.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Fred Hughes

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  20. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0746

    Paddie Mara

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