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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. Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0702

    Annie Brady

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  2. The Strange Sod

    CBÉS 0702

    Teresa Stone

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0702

    Nano Myles

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  4. The Plunket Monument

    CBÉS 0702

    Mary Marmion

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  5. Sacred Vessels

    CBÉS 0702

    Peggy Kiernan

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  6. The Archdale Mansion

    CBÉS 0702

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  7. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0702

    Christina Heary

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  8. Landlords

    CBÉS 0702

    Maggie Farrelly

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  9. Arms that Were Used at the Battle of Vinegar Hill

    CBÉS 0702

    Annie Brady

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  10. A Story of the Lavender

    CBÉS 0702

    Mary Aughey

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    “Once upon a time a woman finding that she was not getting her usual supply of butter examined the churn to see what was wrong.”

    CBÉS 0702

    Nancy Lacy

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  12. Cromwell's Mansion

    CBÉS 0702

    Annie Farrelly

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  13. Saint Columcille's Prophecies

    CBÉS 0702

    Nano Myles

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  14. A Story of Saint Columba

    CBÉS 0702

    Miss Maria Lynch, Nancy Lacy

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  15. St Patrick

    CBÉS 0702

    Peggy Kierran

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  16. Priest Killers

    CBÉS 0702

    Maggie Farrelly

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  17. A Little Bit of Folklore

    CBÉS 0702

    Nancy Lacy

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  18. (no title)

    “A certain farmer could not get any butter on his churn.”

    CBÉS 0702

    Nancy Lacy

    Transcript

  19. The Lore of the New Moon

    CBÉS 0702

    Teresa Morris

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  20. Setting Charms on May Eve

    CBÉS 0702

    Nano Myles

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