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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. Edenagully School

    CBÉS 1007

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 1007

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  3. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 1007

    Kathleen Reilly

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  4. Malahide

    CBÉS 1007

    Margaret Mc Entee, Peter Clarke

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  5. Legend Of Moybolg

    CBÉS 1007

    Mr Clarke

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  6. Cure Of The Running Worm

    CBÉS 1007

    K. Boylan

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  7. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 1007

    Margaret Mc Entee

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  8. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 1007

    Kathleen Reilly

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  9. Treasures

    CBÉS 1007

    Margaret Mc Entee

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  10. Local Songs

    “You boys around this county give ear to what I say”

    CBÉS 1007

    Kathleen Reilly, Margaret Mc Entee

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  11. Treasures

    CBÉS 1007

    Kathleen Reilly

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    “About a hundred years ago there lived a man named Paddy Mitchel who was very poor and had nearly nothing in the house to eat.”

    CBÉS 1007

    Theresa Mac Mahon

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    “It is said that in the year 1888 a man named John Brown found a box of sovereigns when he was knocking down a house.”

    CBÉS 1007

    Rosaleen Fleming

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  14. Herbs

    CBÉS 1007

    Margaret Mc Entee

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    “The most harmful weeds growing in the district are the thistle, the dockweed, the clover, the nettle, the comfrey, and the dandelion.”

    CBÉS 1007

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  16. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 1007

    Mrs Mc Mahon

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  17. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 1007

    James Melody

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  18. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 1007

    James Reilly

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  19. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 1007

    John Reilly

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    “One upon a time there were two men going home from a game of cards.”

    CBÉS 1007

    Mrs Curtis

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