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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. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Páilín Ní Annáin

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    “One night two boys went into an orchard and stole two bags of apples and they did not know where they would go to count and divide them so they were passing by a graveyard and they said they would count them on a tombstone.”

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Póilín Ní Annáin

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    “There was once a tailor and he was engaged to a girl and her father was very selfish and begrudging.”

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Póilín Ní Annáin

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    “There was once a rich man and he had a daughter and he said he would give his daughter to any man who would tell him a story that would last for ever.”

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Póilín Ní Annáin

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    “One day a painter was painting a church and he was whistling a fast tune but still he was working and when the priest heard him he came out and said "Oh, it is not right to be whistling in a church, why don't you sing a hymn.”

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Póilín Ní Annáin

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  6. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0409

    Eileen Hannon, James Hannon

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  7. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0409

    Eileen Hannon, James Hannon

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  8. Wakes

    CBÉS 0409

    Eileen Hannon, James Hannon

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