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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 0096

    Gerald Sweeney, James Sweeney

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  2. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0096

    Gerald Sweeney, James Sweeney

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  3. Hallow Eve or November Eve (31st October) - Games, Customs

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  4. The Wren's Day, 26th December 1937

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  5. A Story

    “About fifty years ago, there lived a woman by the names of Nora Walsh, Long Street, Cappamore, Co. Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  6. My Home District - Dromsally

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

    Dromsallagh, Co. Limerick

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  7. Local Cures - Warts

    CBÉS 0520

    Chris Humphreys, Con Kemp, James Daly, James Finucane, James Sweeney, Joe Ryan, John Mulcahy, Michael Keating, Michael Mc Carthy, Paddy O' Neill, Patrick O' Connor, Tim O' Brien, Tom Fitzgerald, Willie Joe Gleeson

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  8. Cures for Sore Throats

    CBÉS 0520

    Chris Humphries, James Sweeney, John Mulcahy, Tom Fitzgerald, Willie Hayes

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  9. Local Cures - Chin Cough

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney, Paddy O' Neill, Tom Fitzgerald, Tom O' Donnell

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  10. Local Cures - To Stop Bleeding

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  11. Local Cures - Sore Feet

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  12. Bird-Lore - Our Lord and the Birds

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  13. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0520

    James Sweeney

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  14. Story about the Penal Times - The Curates Cave

    CBÉS 0711

    Brendan Brady, James Sweeney

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  15. The Story about a Tree

    CBÉS 0711

    Brendan Brady, James Sweeney

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  16. Old Stories - The Strap, the Mouse and the Bee

    CBÉS 0721

    Ethel Regan, James Sweeney

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  17. Drowning off Quaker Island

    CBÉS 0753

    James Sweeney

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  18. Old Story

    CBÉS 0753

    James Sweeney, Michael Sweeney, Séamus Mac Suibhne

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  19. Strange Animals

    CBÉS 0753

    James Sweeney, Séamus Mac Suibhne

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  20. The Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0858B

    James Sweeney, John Sweeney, Seamus Mac Suibhne

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