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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. Treasure

    CBÉS 0210

    Kathleen Murray, Peter Moran

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    “Once upon a time, there were a man and a woman by themselves...”

    CBÉS 0210

    Pat Kane, Peter Moran

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  3. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0210

    James Kane, Peter Moran

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  4. Churning

    “On every May Eve people made a gad of "Soundberry" and put it on the dash when churning...”

    CBÉS 0210

    Kathleen Murray, Peter Moran

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  5. Churning

    “On May morning the fairies would get the dirt from between a cow's hooves ...”

    CBÉS 0210

    James Kane, Peter Moran

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  6. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0210

    James Kane, Peter Moran

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  7. (no title)

    “In the town of Aughrim a family named Moran lived near the fort”

    CBÉS 0210

    K. Murray, Pat Kane, Peter Moran

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  8. Cures

    CBÉS 0210

    Patrick Kane, Peter Moran

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  9. (no title)

    “In Mountcampbell, near the Shannon there is a "Moss House" of a horse - shoe shape.”

    CBÉS 0210

    Kathleen Murray, Peter Moran

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  10. Folklore

    CBÉS 0212

    Pat Rowan, Peter Moran

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  11. Folklore

    CBÉS 0212

    Pat Rowan, Peter Moran

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  12. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0213

    Michael Gray, Peter Moran

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  13. Churning

    CBÉS 0223

    Matilda Mohan, Peter Moran

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