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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. Homemade Toys

    “Boys used to make aeroplanes out of timber...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Mr Fanning, Nicholas Fanning

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  2. Homemade Toys

    “My mother used to make necklaces out of dog-briar bushes...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Maureen Marnell, Mrs Marnell

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  3. Homemade Toys

    “To gather rushes and cut them all the same length and get four of them and twist them in and out and it would make a lovely rod...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy

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  4. Homemade Toys

    “In olden times the boys used to make bugles out of straws...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Lena Meehan, Mr Meehan

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  5. Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Quinlan, Mrs Quinlan

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  6. Lore of Certain Days

    “In my district anyone who is getting married does so on Wednesday...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Maureen Marnell, Mrs Marnell

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  7. Lore of Certain Days

    “If a person was cutting seed potatoes. They always like to begin on a Friday...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Lena Maher, Mrs Maher

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  8. Lore of Certain Days

    “There is an old saying. "Monday for health Tuesday for wealth and Wednesday for the best say of all...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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  9. Travelling Folk

    “I know alot of travellers that come around our district...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  10. Travelling Folk

    “Elizabeth Carroll and Bridget Regan of Church St. Templemore come around this district...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Lena Meehan, Mr Meehan

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  11. Travelling Folk

    “The travelling folk who frequently visits this place are - Mrs. Laffan, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc Grath, Mrs. Black and Siss Larkin, Mrs. Larkin and Mrs Tobin...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Neddy Maher, William Maher

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  12. Travelling Folk

    “Tom Coady is an old man with a meg of beard and he would stay a couple of days in a house if he was let...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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  13. Travelling Folk

    “A pedlar named James Brien used come around here with an ass and car selling pins and needles and lacers and delph and studs...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Daniel Quinlan, Mr Quinlan

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  14. Fairy Forts

    “There is only one fairy fort around this district...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Daniel Quinlan, Mr Quinlan

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  15. Fairy Forts

    “There is a fairy fort in Pat Ryan's land in Shanakill...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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  16. Fairy Forts

    “There is a fairy fort in Andy Maher's land in Gurtnagoona...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Mr Fanning, Nicholas Fanning

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  17. Fairy Forts

    “There is a fairy fort in John Fitzpatrick's...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Maher, Mr Maher

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  18. Fairy Forts

    “The is a fairy fort in Maher's land...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Thomas Cantwell, Thomas Maher

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  19. Famine Times

    “The famine affected this part of the country fairly...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Daniel Quinlan, Mr Quinlan

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  20. Famine Times

    “Where Bourney school is now, there used to be given to the people of this district a pound of yellow meal...”

    CBÉS 0547

    James Carroll, Mr Carroll

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