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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. Seán Ó Neachtan and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0127

    Frankie Flannelly, Thomas Dowd

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  2. Local Ballads - Sheridan from Coolcarney

    CBÉS 0168

    Thomas Dowd

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  3. Giants

    CBÉS 0187

    Lena Dowd, Thomas Dowd

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  4. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0210

    Joe Dowd, Thomas Dowd

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  5. A Swift Runner

    CBÉS 0210

    Joe Dowd, Thomas Dowd

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  6. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0210

    Joe Dowd, Thomas Dowd

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  7. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0210

    Kitty Lawder, Thomas Dowd

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    “Once two men went away to look for work. They walked until their shoes were worn to the uppers, and they were very hungary but could find no work...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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    “Once a caretaker of a Protestant Church tied a goat in the Church. He went and told the parson that the devil was in the Church...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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    “One night a man named Thomas Dowd of Cummeen Elphin in the Co Roscommon was coming home from a dance. It was very late and he had to go through the fields...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Thomas Dowd

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  11. Food

    CBÉS 0253

    Thomas Dowd

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0406

    Thomas Dowd

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