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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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    “It is my duty to go to School. There I must learn...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  2. How to Tan Leather

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  3. How to Make Soap

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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    “Long ago there lived on my district beside one of the forts an old man and his wife...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Michael Sutherland

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    “Once upon a time there lived an man and woman and their little daughter...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Mrs Lizzie Mac Dermott

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  6. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  7. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Tom Maguire

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  8. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  9. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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  10. Story

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Michael Sutherland

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  11. Story

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Francis Quinn

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    “There are two tailors in my district. One of them work in a shop and comes home at night...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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    “There was once a man and he started to level a ditch. When he had it nearly leveled. He saw a little...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland, Francis Quinn

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    “There lived a man named Tierney Hands. He was going to a wedding and the fairies took him...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  15. (no title)

    “On St Brigid's Eve which falls on the last day of January the man of the house goes out and cuts rushes and conceals it outside of the house...”

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  16. Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0226

    Alex Sutherland, Brigid Sutherland

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  17. Churning

    CBÉS 0226

    Brigid Sutherland

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