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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. Games

    CBÉS 0031

    Mr Doyle, Patrick Doyle

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  2. Local Cures - Sore Eyes

    CBÉS 0773

    Mr Doyle

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  3. Bird Following Cuckoo

    CBÉS 0773

    Mr Doyle

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  4. Local Stories

    CBÉS 0776

    Mr Doyle, Statia Costello

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  5. Strange Animals

    CBÉS 0776D

    Mr Doyle, Paddy Nugent, Pádraig De Núinnseáin

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    “My father told me that in the olden days a cure for the whooping cough was to put the child affected...”

    CBÉS 0780

    Annie Doyle, Mr Doyle

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    “When Captain Reeves lived at Rathsallagh in a place that is now owned by Pennefeather. He and his corps were going to the hill of Usk to have a fight...”

    CBÉS 0780

    Annie Doyle, Mr Doyle

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  8. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0798

    John Byrne, Mr Doyle

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  9. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0798

    Bridie O Toole, Mr Doyle

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  10. Bread

    CBÉS 0880

    Mr Doyle, Thomas Underwood

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  11. Boxty Bread

    CBÉS 0881

    Betty Doyle, Mr Doyle

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  12. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0886

    Aidan Parker, Mr Doyle

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  13. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0897

    Mr Doyle

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  14. Festivals of the Year - May Day

    CBÉS 0911

    Aidan Murphy, Mr Doyle

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  15. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0918

    Lily Farrell, Mr Doyle

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  16. The Care of the Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0919

    Gerald Doyle, Mr Doyle

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  17. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0919

    Mr Doyle, Rumold Fleming

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  18. The Apple Tree in Redna

    CBÉS 0921

    Mr Doyle, Nellie Brien

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