The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Riddles

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    Pupils Paddock N.S.

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  2. Local Beliefs - Weather-Lore

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  3. Local Cures

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    Pupils Paddock N.S.

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  4. Games Played in School

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    Thomas Breen

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  5. Games Played in School - Hop Cap

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    Mary Wallace

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  6. Games Played in School - High Gates

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  7. Games Played in School - Hag and Chickens

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    Isabella Hipwell

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  8. Local Fairs

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    Isabella Hipwell

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  9. Churning

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    Daniel Fitzpatrick, Mary Bennett

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  10. The Potato Crop

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    John Breen, Thomas Breen

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  11. Proverbs

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  12. The Local Landlord

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  13. Proverbs

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  14. Weddings

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    A. Dowling

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  15. Wedding-Lore

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  16. The Local Forge

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    Maudie Hipwell, Sarah Tehan, William Brophy

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  17. A Wake in the Country

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  18. The Funeral

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    A. Dowling

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  19. Weeds

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    There is a well in Baurcip, Mountrath, Leix named Hugh O'Neill's well....

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    A. Dowling, Joseph Breen

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