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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. Cures

    CBÉS 0080

    Michael Flynn, Mrs Flynn

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  2. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0080

    Michael Flynn, Mrs Flynn

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  3. The Famine

    CBÉS 0080

    Michael Flynn, Mrs Flynn

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  4. Gobán Saor

    CBÉS 0107

    Ellie Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  5. Shoes in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0107

    Kathleen Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  6. Lights

    CBÉS 0107

    Kathleen Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  7. Harmful Weeds

    CBÉS 0107

    Kathleen Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  8. (no title)

    “There was a man by the name of Michael Healy and when he was twenty five years of age he walked to the north pole of Dublin in fifteen hours.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Kathleen Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  9. Great Mowers

    CBÉS 0107

    Kathleen Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  10. Customs

    CBÉS 0149

    Michael Flynn

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  11. Potatoes

    CBÉS 0149

    Michael Flynn

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  12. Folklore

    “About fifty years ago, there was no flour in this country. The people used oatmeal instead.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Michael Flynn

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  13. Stories of Fairies and the Leipreachán

    CBÉS 0206

    Mary Flynn, Michael Flynn

    Transcript

  14. Local Heroes - Strong Men

    CBÉS 0206

    Mary Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  15. Local Heroes - Great Walkers

    CBÉS 0206

    Mary Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  16. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0206

    Máire Ní Fhloinn, Michael Flynn

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  17. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0206

    Mary Flynn, Michael Flynn

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  18. Old Crafts - Iron Works

    CBÉS 0206

    Michael Flynn

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  19. In the Penal Times

    CBÉS 0206

    Michael Flynn

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  20. (no title)

    “More than fifty years ago, two men named Mr. Bohan and Mr. Moran were posting bills.”

    CBÉS 0224

    Gerard Murphy, Michael Flynn

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