The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0077

    Annie Kavanagh, Brigid Kennedy, Margaret Delaney, Michael Geraghty, Mrs Carroll, Patricia Kitt

    Corgerry Oughter, Co. Galway

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  2. Buying and Selling

    CBÉS 0152

    Michael Geraghty, Mr John Loftus

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  3. Composition - Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  4. Composition - Local Cures

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  5. The Games I Play

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  6. Composition - Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  7. Composition - Domestic Animals

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  8. Composition - The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  9. Composition - Churning

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  10. Composition - The Local Tailor

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  11. Composition - Spinning Wheels

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  12. Composition - Local Ruins

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  13. Composition - Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  14. Composition - Mass Customs

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  15. Composition - Local Prayers

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  16. Composition - Local Objects of Veneration

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  17. Composition - Local Football

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  18. Composition - The Local Shoemaker

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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  19. Composition - Fionn and the Cloch an Tiompáin

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

    Kilcorkey, Co. Roscommon

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  20. Composition - A Local Song

    The sun had sunk o'er Fairymount,

    CBÉS 0244

    Mary Geraghty, Michael Geraghty

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