The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Riddles

    CBÉS 0403

    Daniel Finucane, Denis Hanrahan, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Mary Finucane, Michael Keane, Thomas Hanrahan

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  2. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0403

    Catherine Dunne, Daniel Finucane, Denis Dunne, Mary Finucane, Thomas Hanrahan

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0403

    Denis Hanrahan, Elizabeth O' Connor, Hannah Hanrahan, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Mary Finucane, Michael O' Connor, Richard Fitzgerald, Thomas Hanrahan

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  4. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0403

    Daniel Finucane, Denis Dunne, Denis Hanrahan, Eileen Hanrahan, Elizabeth O' Connor, Mary Finucane, Michael O' Connor, Thomas Hanrahan

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  5. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0403

    Catherine Dunne, Daniel Keane, Denis Dunne, Mary Finucane, Michael Keane, Michael O' Connor, Thomas Hanrahan

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  6. Buying and Selling Long Ago

    CBÉS 0403

    Catherine Dunne, Daniel Finiucane, Daniel Keane, Denis Dunne, Denis Hanrahan, Eileen Hanrahan, Elizabeth O' Connor, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Mary Finiucane, Michael Keane, Michael O' Connor, Richard Fitzgerald, Thomas Hanrahan

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  7. A Gold Coin Found in Ballyguiry

    CBÉS 0603

    Michael Molony, Thomas Hanrahan

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  8. Stone Implements Discovered in Shancoole

    CBÉS 0603

    Michael Molony, Thomas Hanrahan

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  9. Ornaments Discovered

    CBÉS 0603

    Michael Moloney, Thomas Hanrahan

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  10. The Leprachaun

    CBÉS 0647

    Jim Hanrahan, Thomas Hanrahan, Tomás Ó Dúnaighe

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  11. The Supernatural

    CBÉS 0647

    Seamús Ó h Annracháin, Thomas Hanrahan

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    Once upon a time an old man was married to a young woman.

    CBÉS 0847

    L. Williams, Thomas Hanrahan

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    There was a man and a woman living wan time in a cottage on the side of Brandon Hill, The Rower.

    CBÉS 0847

    Thomas Hanrahan

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