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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. Ballinorley N.S.

    CBÉS 0160

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  2. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0160

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  3. The Legend of McHugh's Pot of Gold

    CBÉS 0160

    Richard Siberry

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  4. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0160

    William Cunningham

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  5. The Legend of the Knocknarea Gold

    CBÉS 0160

    James Cunningham

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  6. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0160

    Walter Sibbery

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  7. Money on Benbulbin Mountian

    CBÉS 0160

    K. Hudson

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  8. Funny Stories

    “A man walked up to a market stand on which some old-looking fowl were up for sale.”

    CBÉS 0160

    James Cunningham

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  9. Funny Stories

    “One time there was a man whose wife was sick.”

    CBÉS 0160

    Richard Siberry

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  10. Funny Stories

    “Dr.Laid visited a patient in the country and told the wife he would send out a plaster to be put on the troublesome chest.”

    CBÉS 0160

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  11. Funny Stories

    “There was a man going along the street one day.”

    CBÉS 0160

    William Cunningham

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  12. Funny Stories

    “There is a funny story to be told around our side(Carrowlustia, Calry, Co.Sligo) about a tailor who go married and had children.”

    CBÉS 0160

    Thomas Gillmor

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  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    T. Gillmor

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    William Cunningham

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  15. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    James Cunningham

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  16. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Irene Malley

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  17. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Richard Siberry

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Lindsay

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  19. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Jane Lindsay

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  20. Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Hudson

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