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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. Churning

    CBÉS 0107

    Patrick O' Brien

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  2. Herbs

    CBÉS 0110

    Michael O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  3. Potatoes

    CBÉS 0110

    Michael O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  4. Patron Saint of the District

    CBÉS 0110

    Michael O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  5. Houses Long Ago

    CBÉS 0110

    Michael O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  6. Wedding Customs

    CBÉS 0202

    Maggie O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  7. A Local Landlord

    CBÉS 0202

    Maggie O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  8. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0202

    Maggie O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  9. A Story

    CBÉS 0202

    Maggie O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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    “The bottom of Fornenaught was "spotted with houses" that time and they were all starving so they went up to Townshends' fields and hunted a couple of bullocks down the wood.”

    CBÉS 0298

    Patrick O' Brien

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  11. Kilcaskan Graveyard

    CBÉS 0310

    Patrick O' Brien

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  12. The Burning of Churchtown

    CBÉS 0367

    Eileen O' Connor, Patrick O Brien

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  13. Omens

    CBÉS 0372

    Lizzie O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  14. Planting the Potatoes

    CBÉS 0376

    Patrick O Brien

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  15. A Card-Player's Story

    CBÉS 0460

    James O' Brien, Patrick O' Brien

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  16. (no title)

    “There was a man one time.”

    CBÉS 0524

    Patrick O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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  17. (no title)

    “There was a man one time.”

    CBÉS 0524

    Patrick O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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  18. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0524

    Patrick O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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  19. (no title)

    “There was a man one time who had three sons.”

    CBÉS 0524

    Patrick O' Brien

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  20. (no title)

    “There lived in Tyrone an old man named Seán Mac Airgid.”

    CBÉS 0524

    Patrick O' Brien

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