The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Rossmore

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    Rossmore, Co. Laois

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    In olden times the people used to make tallow candles for their own use...

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  3. Song

    This world is a difficult riddle, As many people we see, With faces as long as a fiddle That ought to be shining with glee...

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    There are many pisreog's here still. If you were going on a journey and saw a rat crossing the road, you were to turn around and go home...

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    In olden times the people scutched the corn with a flail, to separate the seed from the straw...

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    Near here is a field named Botharchuag...

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    About half a mile from my home is a high circus ring called the Rath...

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  8. An Old Fairy Tale

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  9. Gleann Uisean - Killeshin

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    Killeshin, Co. Laois

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  10. The Fair of Coolrane

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    Coolrain, Co. Laois

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  11. Cooking

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    In olden times a town is said to have existed in the town land of Lambstown...

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    Lambstown, Co. Laois

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    About three miles from Coolhenry at a cross-road stands a huge oak-tree and it is believed that a priest was hanged from one of its branches during the Penal Days...

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    The following story is told of a wager between one of the Harpers and Cosby of Cosby Hall...

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    Long ago before modern furniture was made sugan chairs were in use...

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  16. Kilgorey

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    Kilgory, Co. Laois

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  17. Old Irish Names

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  18. The Rath Hill

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  19. Ardateggle

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    Ardateggle, Co. Laois

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  20. Composition - Old Marriage Customs

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    Eileen Jordan

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