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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. Dyeing

    CBÉS 0095

    Margaret Hughes, Mrs Hughes

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    “About twenty years ago a great storm lasted for two or three days and did a lot of damage to places around.”

    CBÉS 0125

    Mrs Hughes, Nancy Hughes

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Hughes, Peadar Hughes

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  4. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Hughes, Peadar Hughes

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  5. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Hughes, Peadar Hughes

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  6. Cures

    CBÉS 0661

    Henry Hughes, Mrs Hughes

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  7. St Bridget's Well

    CBÉS 0694

    Mrs Hughes

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  8. A Story about Two Men Coming Home from a Céilí

    CBÉS 0725

    Mrs Hughes, Peter Hughes

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  9. A Man Who Had Three Sons

    CBÉS 0725

    Mrs Hughes, Peter Hughes

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  10. Herbs and Plants Used as Cures

    CBÉS 0725

    Mrs Hughes, Peter Hughes

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  11. The Big Wind

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  12. The O' Brians

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  13. The Murtots

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  14. Story

    CBÉS 0746

    Fred Hughes, Mrs Hughes

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  15. House Burnings

    CBÉS 0746

    Fred Hughes, Mrs Hughes

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  16. (no title)

    “There was a hedge schoolmaster in Ballykieran.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  17. (no title)

    “Tury House was a nunnery in olden times.”

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes

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  18. Hedge-Schoolmaster

    CBÉS 0746

    Mrs Hughes, Peter Dempsey

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  19. Local Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0783

    Joseph Casey, Mrs Hughes

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  20. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Hughes, Rosaleen Hughes

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