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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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    “Some people call the foxglove flowers throat-worth”

    CBÉS 0050

    Philomena Nestor

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  2. Folklore - Buying and Selling

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Roche, Ned Roche

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  3. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0050

    Ann Coen, J.J. Coen

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  4. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0050

    Ann Coen, J.J. Coen

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  5. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Roche, Ned Roche

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    “About three miles from Gorrt there is a place called Rath-Cairn.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Diviney

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    “In the middle of Derrybrien graveyard there is a big rock and on it are two holes...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Philomena Nestor

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    “People long ago went miles to get Roses ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Annie Kelly

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  9. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0050

    Eva Nelly, John Nelly

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  10. Churning

    CBÉS 0050

    Eva Nelly

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  11. A Story Told by the Fireside on a Winter's Night

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke, Thomas Burke

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  12. A Story about the Gobán Saor

    CBÉS 0050

    Eva Nelly, John Nelly

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    “Down in the Coole there is stone with the prints of Saint Colmans' feet in it.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mrs Neilan, Philomena Nestor

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    “It is supposed that is a person sees a red fish in Daint Colman's wel that it is a cure for bad sight”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mr O Beirne, Sheila O Beirne

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    “There is a will called tobar na Naomh two miles north from Bailinruan school Co. Clare.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mrs Hegarty, Philomena Fahey

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    “When Cromwell was passing by Kiltarta, Co. Galway all the way people rushed to the caves and brought the dogs with them”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Neilan, Patrick Neilan

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  17. The Long Black Hand

    CBÉS 0050

    Brigid Flaherty

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  18. A Story

    CBÉS 0050

    Teresa Mc Gann

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  19. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0050

    Eva Nelly, John Nelly

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  20. Cures

    CBÉS 0050

    Maria Burke, Thomas Burke

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