The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Don't Grasp Too Much or You Shall Lose All

    CBÉS 0034

    Baby Ward, James Ward

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  2. Apples from the Enchanted Garden

    CBÉS 0034

    Baby Ward, James Ward

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  3. A Prayer for Stopping Blood

    CBÉS 0142

    James Ward, Mary Maloney

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  4. Pat O'Hara

    CBÉS 0261

    James Ward, Máire S. Ní Chatháin

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  5. The Widow's Son

    CBÉS 0261

    James Ward, Sean Mac an Bháird

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    When the Goban Saor lived in his castle at Rathagoban...

    CBÉS 0387

    J.C. Neville, James Ward

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  7. Dundullerick

    CBÉS 0387

    James Ward, Nora Ahern

    Dundullerick West, Co. Cork

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  8. Stories

    CBÉS 0387

    James Ward

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  9. Poem

    CBÉS 0387

    J.C. Neville, James Ward

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  10. Story of the Croppy Pike

    CBÉS 0387

    J.C. Neville, James Ward

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  11. The Tithe War

    CBÉS 0387

    J.C. Neville, James Ward

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  12. (no title)

    In October 1883 a local widdows son was charged...

    CBÉS 0387

    J.C. Neville, James Ward

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  13. Managers, Principals, Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0482

    James Ward

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  14. My Home District

    CBÉS 0733

    James Ward

    Ballybrickoge, Co. Westmeath

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  15. Folklore - The Holy Well

    CBÉS 0742

    James Ward, Phyllis Reilly

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  16. Folk Tale

    CBÉS 0750

    James Ward

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  17. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0751

    James Ward, John Biggs

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  18. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0751

    Harry Flood, James Ward

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  19. Local Traditions of Historic Personages

    CBÉS 0909

    James Ward

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  20. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0944

    James Ward, P. Ward

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