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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0176

    Thomas Neary

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  2. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0176

    J. Mc Partland, James Meehan

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  3. A Funny Story

    “Ballisodare has been famous in History as the scene of many battles which made it necessary for the armies to bur the dead bodies in the surrounding fields and consequently it is not unusual to find human bones in the course of excavating.”

    CBÉS 0176

    B. Martin, Mr Joseph Martin

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  4. A Mermaid

    CBÉS 0176

    James Neary, T. Neary

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0176

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  6. Local Happenings - The Burning of Ballisodare Hill

    CBÉS 0176

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  7. The Mills of Ballisodare

    CBÉS 0176

    Dan Mc Gloin, J. Mc Partland

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  8. A Fairy Fort

    CBÉS 0176

    J. Neary, Mary A. Johnston

  9. Local Trades

    CBÉS 0176

    Matt Layden, T. Neary

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  10. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0176

    Matt Layden, T. Neary

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0176

    J. Greene

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  12. A Funny Story

    “Long ago there lived together a young boy and his mother.”

    CBÉS 0176

    J. Mc Partland, Thomas Keaney

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  13. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0176

    D. Mc Gloin

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  14. Funny Stories

    “When they were no cars or lorries in Ireland the people used to ravel by horse and cart.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Andrew Neary, Jim Grene

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  15. A Holy Well

    CBÉS 0176

    Andrew Neary, J. Greene

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  16. A Funny Story

    “A long time ago there lived at Cobra bog a simpleton with his parents.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Matt Layden

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  17. A Funny Story

    “Once upon a time a man named Jimmy Foley was working at the Saltpans.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Jim Grene, John Lavin

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  18. A Song

    “One day on my travels to Ballisodare”

    CBÉS 0176

    Mrs Scanlon

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  19. A Lone Tree

    CBÉS 0176

    J. Mc Partland

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