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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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    “People with the same name before they were married can cure the wildfire and the whooping cough.”

    CBÉS 0774

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    “It is unlucky to smoke when anybody is churning.”

    CBÉS 0774

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  3. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0774

    Patrick Dunne

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    “Mr Carroll has a field called the "Laca-deire" in Derrymullen.”

    CBÉS 0774

    Doire an Mhuilinn, Co. Chill Dara

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    “A buachallán is a plant that animals would not eat.”

    CBÉS 0774

    Patrick Dunne

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  6. Place Names

    CBÉS 0774

    Patrick Dunne

    Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara

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  7. Potatoes

    CBÉS 0774

    Patrick Dunne

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  8. My Home District

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis

    Gráinseach Chláir Thiar, Co. Chill Dara

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  9. Houses

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Patrick Cleary

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  10. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Patrick Cleary

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  11. The Penal Days

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis

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  12. Place Names

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Patrick Cleary

    Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara

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  13. Potatoes

    CBÉS 0774

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    “Some other fields are mostly in Drirnsree, Finneáns, Fuaráns, Geata Buidhe, Crota na Fráit, Cullín Seánacábus, Crota Mór Coracorún, the Lug, Lugsulla, Gortín, Toole's Pasture the Sessún's and Nellie's acres(s).”

    CBÉS 0774

    Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara

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  15. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0774

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  16. Prayers

    CBÉS 0774

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  17. Roads

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis

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  18. Ruins

    CBÉS 0774

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    “Long ago the Ballyteague people used to come across the fields to Mass.”

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Patrick Cleary

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    “There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's Ballyteague.”

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Patrick Cleary

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