The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    About thirty years ago a man named Reilly lived in Mullahorn.

    CBÉS 0228

    Mary Smith

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  2. Cures

    CBÉS 0385

    Mary Smith, Mrs Smith

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  3. The Games I Play - Colours

    CBÉS 0482

    Mary Smith

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  4. The Games I Play - Hollow High-Gates

    CBÉS 0482

    Mary Smith

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  5. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0482

    Mary Smith

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  6. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0482

    Mary Smith

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  7. Riddles

    CBÉS 0653

    Mary Smith

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  8. Rhymes

    CBÉS 0653

    Mary Smith

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  9. Tongue Twisters

    CBÉS 0653

    Mary Smith

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  10. The Blessed Well

    CBÉS 0653

    Mary Smith

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  11. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0711

    Mary Smith, Mr James Smith

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  12. Fairy Forts - Fort in Brianstown

    CBÉS 0755

    Mary Smith, Mrs Dowd

    Brianstown, Co. Longford

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  13. Caveen

    CBÉS 0791

    Christopher Maguire, Mary Smith

    Abbotstown, Co. Dublin

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  14. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0926

    Mary Smith, Miss E. Byrne

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  15. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0926

    Mary Smith, Sister M. Albertus

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  16. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0926

    J. Smith, Mary Smith

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  17. A Shipwreck

    CBÉS 0926

    Mary Smith, Mr J. Smith

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  18. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0979

    Andrew Smith, Mary Smith

    Drumgora, Co. Cavan

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  19. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0979

    Andrew Smith, Mary Smith

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  20. My Home District

    CBÉS 0979

    Mary Smith

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