The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Weird Stories - A Banshee of Mullagh

    CBÉS 1003

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  2. Weird Stories - A Haunted House

    CBÉS 1003

    Mrs Mary O Reilly, Nellie O Reilly

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  3. Weird Stories - A Lone Bush

    CBÉS 1003

    Mrs O Reilly, Nellie O Reilly

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  4. The Big Wind

    CBÉS 1003

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  5. Kilcairne

    CBÉS 1003

    Mrs E. Sheridan, Nellie O Reilly

    Kilcarn, Co. Meath

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  6. A Big Man and a Big Hound - A Story of the Fenians

    CBÉS 1003

    Brigid Patterson, Mrs Patterson

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  7. A Ghostly Tale of Our Lake

    CBÉS 1003

    Brigid Patterson, John Mc Cabe

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  8. A Legend of the Holy Family

    CBÉS 1003

    Ida Deignan

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  9. Legends concerning Child Jesus

    CBÉS 1003

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  10. Legends concerning Child Jesus

    CBÉS 1003

    Ida Deignan

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  11. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 1003

    Nellie O Reilly

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  12. A Story of a Banshee

    CBÉS 1003

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  13. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 1003

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  14. A Ghost-Story of Mullagh

    CBÉS 1003

    Mrs O Reilly, Nellie O Reilly

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  15. May Day Customs - The May Queen

    CBÉS 1003

    Joan Martin

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  16. May Day Customs - The May-Bush

    CBÉS 1003

    Joan Martin

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  17. May Day Customs and Superstitions

    CBÉS 1003

    Joan Martin

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  18. Customs on Saint Brigid's Day

    CBÉS 1003

    Joan Martin

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    When the oak is in leaf before the ash, there will be but a "Summer splash"!

    CBÉS 1003

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  20. Customs of Saint Stephen's Day

    CBÉS 1003

    Joan Martin

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