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 Cures

    CBÉS 0045

    Mrs Mullen, Willie Mullen

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  2. Collection of Prayers

    CBÉS 0185

    Mrs Mullen, Mrs Sharkey, Patrick Colligan

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  3. Old Prayers - Prayers after Communion

    CBÉS 0664

    Ceilie Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  4. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0674

    Jackie Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  5. Local Riddles

    CBÉS 0675

    Cathleen Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  6. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0675

    Cathleen Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  7. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0675

    Cathleen Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  8. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0675

    Cathleen Mullen, Mrs Mullen

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  9. The Local Roads

    CBÉS 0676

    Cathleen Mullin, Mrs Mullen

    Transcript

  10. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0676

    Cathleen Mullen, Mrs Mullen

    Transcript

  11. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Mullen, Teresa Shanley

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  12. The Devil's Game

    CBÉS 0798

    Harry Young, Mrs Mullen

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  13. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0798

    Henry Young, Mrs Mullen

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  14. How the Hole Was Put in the Statue of the Blessed Virgin

    CBÉS 0798

    Harry Young, Mrs Mullen

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  15. The Fairy Ring

    CBÉS 0798

    Henry Young, Mrs Mullen

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  16. The Devil's Cave

    CBÉS 0798

    Henry Young, Mrs Mullen

    Dalkey, Co. Dublin

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  17. Saint Eusebius' Well

    CBÉS 0880

    Liam Hayes, Mrs Mullen

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