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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 Famine

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  2. Poor Boy Cheats Lord's Daughter into Marriage

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “Pat Leonard was working at the castle. His pay was small but he had to earn for his wife and children.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “One day Bailey was at a funeral and he saw a man carrying a brosna and he passed the funeral and took the brosna off the man and kicked round the road and summoned him heavily.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “One day a boy went for a beart of firewood.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  6. May Eve Customs and Pishogues

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  7. May Eve Customs and Pishogues

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  8. May Eve Customs and Pishogues

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  9. Butter

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  10. Butter

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  11. Foxes' Cunning

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  12. A Rat Story

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  13. Cows' Cunning

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “The same man (Prophet) was going around and he met a woman and he told her he'd make Limestone Soup if she would pay.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “A man was late for confession and he went to the priest's house.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “One night a man was putting in the geese but they would not go past the door and were cackling loudly.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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    “Pat English was a woodranger and one day he caught Thady Kilmartin bringing home brusna and he took the brusna from and kicked it round the place and told him not to be seen in that place again.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  18. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  19. Crock of Gold

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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  20. Ghosts

    CBÉS 0573

    Bridget Fitzgerald

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