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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. Story

    CBÉS 0147

    Mr Clarke, Sheila Mullaney

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  2. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0314

    Mr Clarke

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  3. Old Place Names

    “We have a field called "Bee's Garden" because a man named Jack Bees had a house in that field...”

    CBÉS 0547

    John Clarke, Mr Clarke

    Shanakill, Co. Tipperary

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  4. Bird-Lore

    “When the swallows are flying low and tipping the water and grass it is a sign of wet weather...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  5. Local Cures

    “People say that if (you) a calf had a pain to cut the worms knot three times over him and it would cure him, but if the twine knotted he would die...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  6. Homemade Toys

    “The people in olden times used to make toys themselves...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  7. Travelling Folk

    “I know alot of travellers that come around our district...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  8. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  9. Churning

    “If you churn on Easter Sunday you churn in about 15 minutes...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  10. Food in Olden Times

    “The old people used to feed the pigs on the middle of the kitchen floor...”

    CBÉS 0547

    Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  11. Wells - Canes Well

    CBÉS 0679

    Bernard Mc Cormack, Mr Clarke

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  12. Signs of Rain

    CBÉS 0723

    John Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  13. A Folklore Story

    CBÉS 0756

    John Clarke, Mr Clarke

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  14. The Moat

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Clarke, Patricia Clarke

    Porterstown, Co. Dublin

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  15. The Moat

    CBÉS 0790

    Mr Clarke, Patty Clarke

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  16. Matchmaking

    CBÉS 1004

    Mr Clarke, Philip Clarke

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  17. Local Poets

    CBÉS 1004

    Mr Clarke, Philip Clarke

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  18. The Landlord Adams

    CBÉS 1004

    Mr Clarke, Philip Clarke

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  19. A Simple Boy

    CBÉS 1004

    Mr Clarke, Philip Clarke

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  20. Legend Of Moybolg

    CBÉS 1007

    Mr Clarke

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