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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. Place Names in Farms

    CBÉS 0276

    Con Kelly, Dan Kelly

    Kilmackowen, Co. Cork

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  2. Story

    CBÉS 0294

    Dan Kelly, Nora Kelly

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  3. Story

    CBÉS 0294

    Dan Kelly, Nora Kelly

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  4. Story

    CBÉS 0294

    Dan Kelly, Nora Kelly

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  5. Story

    CBÉS 0294

    Dan Kelly, Nora Kelly

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  6. Story

    CBÉS 0294

    Dan Kelly, Nora Kelly

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  7. Taking Butter from Kerry to Cork in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  8. The Tailor's Sons

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  9. The Magic Bottle

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  10. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  11. Marcach an Chúil Chraobhaigh

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  12. The Banks of the Suir

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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    “If my mother was milking a heifer that would be inclined to kick with her right hind leg...”

    CBÉS 0506

    Dan Kelly

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    “My mother also says Gráidhín and Gráidhín chroidhe when milking a young cow...”

    CBÉS 0506

    Dan Kelly

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    “Gráidhin" and "Gráidhin Chroidhe": "My mother (aged 64) never says anything else to a young cow that is inclined to be fidgetty when being milked.”

    CBÉS 0507

    Dan Kelly

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    CBÉS 0507

    Dan Kelly

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  17. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0532

    Dan Kelly, Maureen O' Donohue

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  18. Poet of County Meath

    CBÉS 0716

    Dan Kelly, Eithne Kearney

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  19. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0716

    Dan Kelly, Eithne Kearney

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    “In the vicinity of Lough Salt two wolves roamed about. The people say that they could change themselves into human beings at will.”

    CBÉS 1072

    Agnes Kerr, Dan Kelly

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