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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. Salt

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  2. Marriages and Customs Relating to them

    CBÉS 0140

    Martin Healy, Mrs Franklin, Pat Doherty, Pat Tighe, Peter Doherty, Thomas Gardiner

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  3. Stories about Priests

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  4. Stories about Fairies

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  5. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  6. Stories about Strong Men

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  7. Stories about Strong Men

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

    Transcript

  8. Shipwrecks, Fires etc

    CBÉS 0140

    Mary T. Tighe, Pat Doherty

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  9. Roads etc

    CBÉS 0140

    Mary Teresa Tighe, Pat Doherty

    Transcript

  10. Religious Stories

    CBÉS 0140

    Pat Doherty

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  11. Cas na Cúinne

    CBÉS 0456

    Diarmuid Cahill, Pat Doherty

    Knockanes, Co. Kerry

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    “About 1 1/2 from our school there is a family of Kinnanes. A hundred yards west of this house there was a family of Keane.”

    CBÉS 0621

    Pat Doherty

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    “Our Lord and St. Peter were walking along through the country one day and they were admiring the crops.”

    CBÉS 0621

    Pat Doherty

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  14. Customs of Funerals

    CBÉS 0621

    Pat Doherty

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    “In this locality one time there lived a woman whose name was Nora O' Brien and this woman had a habit of gathering all kinds of herbs and then putting them into a jam pot.”

    CBÉS 0621

    Pat Doherty

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  16. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1112

    Pat Doherty, Philip Doherty

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  17. Gortleck

    CBÉS 1112

    Pat Doherty, Philip Doherty

    Gortleck, Co. Donegal

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  18. The Lucky Couple

    CBÉS 1121

    James Doherty, Pat Doherty

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