The Schools’ Collection

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

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    A long time ago there lived a small little man named Shawn ...

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Hanna Riordan

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    In the time of the white boys from seventeen ninty eight to eighteen hundred ...

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Hanna Riordan

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    Many years ago I knew a little ould man who lived somewhere in Sliabhluachra.

    CBÉS 0448

    Annie Riordan, Dan Clifford

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    When I was a small little boy I knew an old man who often came around the place where I was born.

    CBÉS 0448

    Annie Riordan, Dan Clifford

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    A long time ago I went to a kiln stealing lime for a white-wash.

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Mary Connell

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    Some years before I was born Father Shannahan was a Kerry priest who was supposed to be the best runner and leaper in Europe.

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Dora May Reidy

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    When I was a little boy there were many quare customs in the place which are all forgotten now.

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford, Dora Reidy

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  8. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford

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  9. Croinin Coltsman

    CBÉS 0448

    Dan Clifford

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