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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. A Wise Man

    CBÉS 0598

    Seumas Donnellan

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  2. Cure for Toothaches

    CBÉS 0598

    Seamus Donnellan

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    “About one hundred years ago there lived in Dromline a mason named John Crowe.”

    CBÉS 0598

    John Crowe

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    “In the townsland of Dromline there is an old road leading to a bog.”

    CBÉS 0598

    John Mc Inerney

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  5. Mathghamhain Garbh

    CBÉS 0598

    John Crowe

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    “In the townsland of Drumline there is an old ruin which today is called the Coláiste.”

    CBÉS 0598

    John Crowe

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  7. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0598

    Pol Sheedy

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  8. Fr Frawley and the Insane Man

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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  9. An Old Custom

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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  10. The Child Walks Backwards

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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  11. Guns of the Terries

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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  12. The Boiler of Gold

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Michael Hayes

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  13. Leaden Balls

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr John Mc Inerney

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  14. How Ned Jones Proved His Age

    CBÉS 0598

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  15. God or the Devil

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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  16. The Jewels of Rossmanagher Castle

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Michael Hayes

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  17. Crab O'Donoghue

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr T. Deloughry

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  18. The Fiddler with the Stump

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr William Collins

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  19. The Black Gullet

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Doherty

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  20. (no title)

    “Some years ago a man named Thud OBrien, brother Pat OBrien who resides in Clonmoney, had to leave the country...”

    CBÉS 0598

    Mr Tom Hayes

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