The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. (no title)

    Michael Mc Gloughlin of Eskir walked from Mohill to Dublin in a night and a day...

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    Nell Moran, Patrick Donnelly

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  2. How to Make a Top

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    Nell Moran

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  3. How I Play Fool in the Middle

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    Nell Moran

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  4. Local Cures

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    Nell Moran

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  5. Local Cures

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    Nell Moran

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  6. Local Cures

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    Nell Moran

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  7. Local Cures

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    Katie Donnelly, Nell Moran

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  8. Local Place Names

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    Nell Moran

    Drummeen, Co. Leitrim

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    In the land of Peter Rogan Drimmeen Cloone Mohill Co Leitrim there is a field called the burned field...

    CBÉS 0220

    Nell Moran

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  10. A Spinning Wheel

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    Nell Moran

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    There was a hole in Peter Heslin's wall along time ago...

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    Katie Donnelly, Nell Moran

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    One upon a time there was a house in Drimmien and people used to be in it at night...

    CBÉS 0220

    Nell Moran

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  13. Local Ruins

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    Nell Moran

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    Long ago the houses were all tatched...

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    Nell Moran

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  15. Diarmuid and Gráinne in Cloone

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    Annie Dillon, Nell Moran

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