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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. Shrove Tuesday

    CBÉS 0001

    Mary Hurley

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  2. St Martin's Day

    CBÉS 0001

    Mary Hurley

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  3. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0001

    Mary Hurley

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  4. Clothes Made Locally

    CBÉS 0001

    Mary Hurley

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  5. A Mass Rock

    CBÉS 0119

    James Grennan, Mary Hurley

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  6. Old Shops

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

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  7. How the People in Ardfield Used To Manage Their Butter Long Ago

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

    Transcript

  8. Names of Fields in Little Island

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

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  9. Names of Fields in Crewboy

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Heagerty

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  10. Old Trades

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley

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    “About fifty years ago a man named Michael Sullivan lived in East Mountain. He had no land but lived in a house on the side of the road.”

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley

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  12. The Famine

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

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  13. An Old Graveyard in Ardfield

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Michael Cullinane

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  14. A Big Stone

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

    Transcript

  15. A Cromlech

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

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  16. Names of Places

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

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  17. Names of Cows, Names of Horses, Names of Donkies and Names of Goats

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley

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  18. Superstitions about Hatching Eggs

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley

    Transcript

  19. Cutting Potatoes for Planting

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

    Transcript

  20. When Tea Was Used First in Ardfield

    CBÉS 0317

    Mary Hurley, Patrick Hurley

    Transcript