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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. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0352

    Mr Pat Cleary, Sheila Cleary

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  2. My Home District

    CBÉS 0352

    Mr Pat Cleary, Sheila Cleary

    Newmarket, Co. Cork

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  3. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0774

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

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    “The parish priest in Allen during the mission in 1886 was Fr. O'Farrell.”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

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    “The bonfire in Ballyteague...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

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    “A red-haired woman is unlucky...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

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    “There was a great faction fight in Littletown between Ballyteague and Allenwood.”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

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    “There used to be a fair in Kilmeague.”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

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    “A man named Thomas Farrell kept a hedge-school in Ballyteague.”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

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    “White spots on the nails...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

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    “On Hallow-e'en a potato is peeled without breaking the skin...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

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    “To get up at sunrise on May morning...”

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

  13. Food

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript

  14. Churning

    CBÉS 0775

    Marcella Ennis, Mr Pat Cleary

    Transcript