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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. A Superstition about Buttermilk

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mrs Devin

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  2. Old Prayer for a Happy Death

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Treasa Wall

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  3. An Old Prayer after Meals

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Treasa Wall

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  4. Prayer for a Sick Cow

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Treasa Wall

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  5. An Old Irish Prayer Said on Hearing the Bell for Mass

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Treasa Well

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    “Well! a ghrá. I don't think you will collect much folklore around this place...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, John Kelly

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    “Long ago there was a poor woman who had a little child.”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mrs Moone

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    “It is unlucky to dig a grave on a Monday.”

    CBÉS 0678

    Bean Uí Mhaolchathaigh, Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin

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    “Whatever you do on New Year's Day...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mr Evers

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  10. A Cure for Toothache

    CBÉS 0678

    Bean Uí Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin

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    “On St Bridget's Day it was thought unlucky to make a rope...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mr Evers

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    “A boy was coming home late from a house one night...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Paddy Murphy

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    “On November Night a girl gets a cup of cold water...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mrs Wall

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    “When a person dies his clothes must be given away.”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Paddy Murphy

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    “On May Day morning they say...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mrs Mc Quillian

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    “A cure for the whooping cough is to take the child outside the parish...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mr Evers

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    “There was a farmer long ago and he was very hard on his servant man.”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Paddy Murphy

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    “If May Day is bright and clear...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Kathleen Meade

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    “People melt lead on November night...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mr T. Mulcahy

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    “A poor man was out the country...”

    CBÉS 0678

    Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin, Mr Joe Meade

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