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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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    “Mac Eniry lived in Great House where Conyes lives afterwards and which still stands.”

    CBÉS 0497

    Cornelius Bresnahan

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    “Twelve bodies were buried in one grave during the Famine (1846), in the local graveyard.”

    CBÉS 0497

    Pat Shine

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    “Local estate was owned by Conyes, who succeeded MacEniry, who was not hated by the people, as far as I could ascertain.”

    CBÉS 0497

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    “Some faction fights took place at an old Annual Fair called the Fair of the Well in this parish between the "three yeas" on one side and "the four years" on the other.”

    CBÉS 0497

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  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0497

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  6. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0497

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  7. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0497

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  8. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0497

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  9. Old Trades

    CBÉS 0497

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  10. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0497

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  11. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0497

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  12. Local Birds

    CBÉS 0497

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  13. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0497

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  14. Local Forts

    CBÉS 0497

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  15. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0497

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  16. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0497

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  17. Certain Days

    CBÉS 0497

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  18. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0497

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  19. The Famine

    CBÉS 0497

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  20. Custom

    CBÉS 0497

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