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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. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  3. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  4. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  5. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  6. Herbs

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  7. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0098

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “One morning a woman in Killeagh was making a barrel.”

    CBÉS 0460

    Bridie Keane, M. Keane

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    “Many years ago there lived in the neighbourhood of Killeagh a farmer by the name of Burke.”

    CBÉS 0460

    Bridie Keane, M. Keane

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “There was a man from upper Killeagh named John De Lacy.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  11. Why Ash Wednesday Was Called Puss Wednesday

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “A man was passing a graveyard one night.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  13. (no title)

    “One night a man was coming from work about twelve o clock.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  14. (no title)

    “A man once had a fort in his field and he tilled the field.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “In olden times there used to be spirits seen.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  16. (no title)

    “There was a man living near Firies Village long ago and one night he was called that the cows were in the garden.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  17. (no title)

    “There is a fort in a field not far from our house.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  18. (no title)

    “There is a fort in a field not far from our house.”

    CBÉS 0460

    M. Keane

    Transcript

  19. Woodenstown Castle

    CBÉS 0559

    M. Keane

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