The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Focail ags Cora Cainnte atá in Usáid go mórmhór i measc na Seandaoine i bparóiste Dúnmanmhuí an Taobh Thoir Thuaidh

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    Mr P. Warren

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    Nay-gur" - a mean cowardly fellow.

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  3. Mallachta etc

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    Mr William Shorten

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  4. Seanfhocal - Nathanna etc

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    Mr John Crowley

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  5. Personal Names, Family Names and Nicknames

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  6. Personal Nicknames

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    Mr Patrick Warren

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  7. Personal Names

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  8. Piseoga

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    Mr Daniel Hurley

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    Some people used to steal butter from their neighbours by means of piseogs.

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    Mr William Shorten

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    There was a priest going to a station one morning north near Castlemore.

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    There was a priest in Inis Léin long ago, seventy or eighty years ago, and he has a few cows.

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    Mr William Shorten

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    when my grandmother was young her people at one time couldn't make any butter.

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    Mr William Shorten

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    When people were being robbed of their butter by piseogs, they would set a counter-piseog to work.

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    May-day was a great day for piseogs.

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  15. Days - Lucky and Unlucky

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    Mr William Shorten

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  16. Piseoga - Taboos

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    There was a man in Behigullane long ago -70 years ago- Jacky Lyne.

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  18. The Story of Dan Bárúil

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    William Shorten

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  19. Piseoga Eile

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  20. The House

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