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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 Sayings

    CBÉS 0818

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  2. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0818

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  3. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0818

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  4. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  5. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  6. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  7. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  8. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  9. Herbs

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  10. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0818

    Colman O' Carroll

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  11. Legend of the Palm Bush in the Leap Grounds

    CBÉS 0818

    Mr Watkins

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  12. The Priest's Rock

    CBÉS 0818

    Mr Watkins

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  13. The Bird Field

    CBÉS 0818

    Mr Watkins

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  14. The Murdering Hole in Leap Castle

    CBÉS 0818

    Mr Watkins

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  15. Patron Saint

    CBÉS 0818

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    “Once upon a time there lived in this parish a man named Halley.”

    CBÉS 0818

    Dympna Carroll

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  17. (no title)

    “In the townland of Cloughan there is a rock with the foot-print of a saint in it.”

    CBÉS 0818

    Dympna Carroll

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  18. The Care of Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0818

    D. Carroll

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  19. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0818

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  20. The Landlord

    CBÉS 0818

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