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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. Fairs

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  2. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  3. Games Played

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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    “A person who had never seen his father is said to be able to cure the foul-mouth, also two people of the same name who are married.”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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    “Wild geese, and wild ducks pass through this district going southwards in Winter time but they do not rest on their way.”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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    “A rainbow at morn is a sailor's warn.”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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    “In the townland of Ashville about two miles north west of Collon St Enda was born.”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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    “A deaf carpenter who lived on the Drogheda Rd. was in the habit of working on the roadside.”

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  9. Local Industries

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  10. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  11. Local Travellers

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  12. Local Tailors

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  13. Local Churches and Towers

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  14. Graveyards

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  15. Old Roads

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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  16. My Home District

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

    Collon, Co. Louth

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  17. Local Prayers

    CBÉS 0676

    Kitty Halpin

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