The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Joyce

    Cartron, Co. Mayo

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  2. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Ellen Sweeney, Frainc de Paor, Martin Geraghty

    Cartron, Co. Mayo

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  3. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Sheridan

    Cartron, Co. Mayo

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  4. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Geraghty, Tomas Roach

    Knockglass, Co. Mayo

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  5. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Ellen Sweeney, Frainc de Paor

    Cartron, Co. Mayo

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    A yellow ring around the moon is a sign of coming rain.

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Mrs Kilroy, Patrick O' Halloran

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  7. Field Names

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Tomas Roach

    Knockglass, Co. Mayo

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    If you see a wisp of straw stuck to a hen...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Kilroy

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    When men are going fishing...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Fadden

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    If there are dark rays about the sun it is a sign of coming rain.

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Owen Kane

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    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Patrick Kane

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    If you have money in your pocket when you hear the cuckoo...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Patrick O' Halloran

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    If the cat is in the house during a thunderstorm...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Mrs Fadden

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    If you can see the end of a rainbow...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Patrick O' Halloran

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    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, William Walsh

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    If a looking glass is broken in a house...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Mrs Fadden

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    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, John Toole

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    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Patrick O' Halloran

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    If you make a pilgramage to Cruach...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Martin Kilroy

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    Bring water out of Lough Marcuis on the day...

    CBÉS 0087

    Frainc de Paor, Peter Lavelle

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