The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    A wet and a windy May...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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  2. Months for Swimming

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    February fills the dykes, black or white...

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    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Winter is Winter till the middle of May...

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    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    A green Christmas makes a fat Churchyard.

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    There are four corners on my bed...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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  8. Callan Friary Bell

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Good night my Angel Guardian...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Cocks crow in the morning...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Here's to them that's far away...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Riddles, and rhymes, and what old people say...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Christmas comes but once a year...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Sticks and stones will break my bones...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Sunday comes with all its might...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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  16. The Wind

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    One, two, five, I caught a hairy fox alive...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Tom, Tom, the piper's son...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Dan, Dan the dirty man...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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    Riddles and rhymes, and what people say...

    CBÉS 0853

    Eibhlín Ní Liathán

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