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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. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0017

    Mary Moore, Mrs Moore

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  2. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0197

    Ethel Moore, Mrs Moore

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0197

    Ethel Moore, Georgina O' Malley, Jno Gault, Mrs Moore

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  4. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0197

    Ethel Moore, Miss Lonegan, Mrs Moore, Phyllis Davis

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  5. Toy-Making

    CBÉS 0197

    Ethel Moore, Gordon Wilson, Mrs Moore

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  6. Superstitions

    CBÉS 0197

    Ethel Moore, Mrs Moore

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  7. Cures - Celery and Parsley

    CBÉS 0527

    Mrs Moore

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  8. Cures - Cupogs

    CBÉS 0527

    Mrs Moore

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  9. Local Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0649

    Mary Walsh, Mrs Moore

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  10. My Home District

    CBÉS 0724

    Dick Gaynor, Mrs Moore

    Clonmaskill, Co. Westmeath

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  11. Churning

    CBÉS 0724

    Michael J. Moore, Mrs Moore

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  12. How to Make Potato Bread

    CBÉS 0762

    Mrs Moore, Peggie Lynch

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  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0792

    Mrs Moore

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  14. (no title)

    “Many years ago there was a very old woman lived in country.”

    CBÉS 0797

    Mrs Moore, Paddy Mason

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  15. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0805

    Domhnall O Mórdha, Mrs Moore

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  16. The Cobbler

    CBÉS 0805

    Dan Moore, Mrs Moore

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  17. A Collection of Prayers - Local Prayer

    CBÉS 0865

    John Love, Mrs Moore

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  18. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0984

    Annie Moore, Mrs Moore

    Arvagh, Co. Cavan

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    “The king of Morocco built a ship and in the ship the daughter sat and I am blamed for telling her name and three times I have it?”

    CBÉS 1109

    David Moore, Mrs Moore

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    “When it is too short - you cut off a bit to make it long enough? A Grave.”

    CBÉS 1109

    David Moore, Mrs Moore

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