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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. Linguistic

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  2. Ethnographic

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  3. The School - Kerrykeel

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  4. Historic

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  5. Battle of Gortcally

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  6. Caman Match

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  7. St Stephen's Day Customs

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  8. (no title)

    “There is no local tradition so far as I can find out regarding Plantations.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  9. (no title)

    “Can't find any relic of the Brehon code having been observed in this district within living memory.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  10. Nicknames - Personal and Family

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  11. Local Landmarks

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  12. Social

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  13. Archaeological

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  14. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  15. (no title)

    “I have never seen Jack-Stones nor any of the other games mentioned played since I came here.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  16. (no title)

    “Some people still believe in fairies nearly always referred to as the "wee folk".”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  17. (no title)

    “Some of the old people believe in water bulls.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Hugh Coll, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  18. (no title)

    “The oldest people around here tell me that they have always heard about finding a horse shoe being lucky and the spilling of salt or the breaking of a looking glass being unlucky.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  19. (no title)

    “When a person dies all the male population of the town land cease work.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

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  20. (no title)

    “In connection with 47 I should have mentioned that some people here still believe that their friends or relatives who may be in Purgatory return to the old homes on All Souls' Night.”

    CBÉS 1086

    Cormac Logue, Séamus Mac Gabhann

    Transcript