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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. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0047

    Lena Forde, Mrs Fogarty

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  2. (no title)

    “The ordinary cock (rooster) up to some 50 years ago played a very important part in the superstition of the local peasantry...”

    CBÉS 0512

    Mrs Fogarty

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  3. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0544

    Brigid Kennedy, Mrs Fogarty

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  4. (no title)

    “I know of a fort in Mr. Brennan's land. ...”

    CBÉS 0552

    James Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  5. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0552

    Kathleen Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  6. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0555

    Mrs Fogarty, Winnie Fogarty

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  7. Hidden Treasure

    “There were two brothers, one time living in Gortane.”

    CBÉS 0555

    Mrs Fogarty, Winnie Fogarty

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  8. My Home District

    CBÉS 0564

    Margaret O' Brien, May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

    An Bealach Buí, Co. Thiobraid Árann

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  9. The Care of the Cows

    CBÉS 0564

    Mary Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  10. A Well

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  11. Story of a Fort

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  12. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  13. Prayer

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  14. Weather Signs

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  15. Marriages

    CBÉS 0564

    May Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  16. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0577

    Eddie Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  17. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0579

    Martin Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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  18. (no title)

    “In Ballyfair House, now uninhabitable, and during the European war used as British G.O.C residence...”

    CBÉS 0777

    Mrs Fogarty

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  19. (no title)

    “Brownstown House is built on the site of a smaller house, occupied in the Penal Days by a woman whose son was a priest.”

    CBÉS 0777

    Mrs Fogarty

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  20. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0866

    James Fogarty, Mrs Fogarty

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