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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. (no title)

    “The walls were of stone and white earth mortar”

    CBÉS 0311

    Mr William Shorten

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  2. (no title)

    “The chimney breast was supported by two long narrow flags projecting inward from the gable wall about 5 feet from the ground and four of five feet apart.”

    CBÉS 0311

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  3. Cattle Calls etc

    CBÉS 0311

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  4. Words Scarcely Used Now

    CBÉS 0311

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  5. Bees

    CBÉS 0311

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  6. Piseoga i dtaobh Beach

    CBÉS 0311

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  7. Wakes and Funerals - Current Customs

    CBÉS 0311

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  8. (no title)

    “Long ago, if the people of two funerals saw each other approaching the same graveyard, they raced for it.”

    CBÉS 0311

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  9. Old Customs - Funerals etc

    CBÉS 0311

    Mr William Shorten

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  10. Faction Fighting

    CBÉS 0311

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  11. Hurling by the People from the Other Worlds

    CBÉS 0311

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  12. Places where Fairy Hurlers Played

    CBÉS 0311

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  13. (no title)

    “There used to be, they said, a fairy hunt around mnc, and along the country up toward Aultagh wood.”

    CBÉS 0311

    Mr William Shorten

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  14. (no title)

    “The hurley ball they used long ago was made around a piece of whale-bone, which they coiled into a round hollow shape.”

    CBÉS 0311

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  15. Amusements etc

    CBÉS 0311

    Mr William Shorten

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  16. (no title)

    “There aren't any travelling people like that now.”

    CBÉS 0311

    Mr William Shorten

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  17. Buried Treasure

    CBÉS 0311

    Mrs William Shorten, William Shorten

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  18. The Caoin-ing Women - Funeral Customs

    CBÉS 0311

    William Shorten

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  19. (no title)

    “I heard two women caoining about fifty years ago.”

    CBÉS 0311

    William Shorten

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  20. Scéalta - Medicine etc

    CBÉS 0311

    Bridget Brien

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