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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. Strange Animals

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  2. The Landlords

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  3. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

    Toorleitra, Co. Galway

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  4. Herbs

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  5. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  6. The Local Roads

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  7. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  8. Emblems and Objects of Value

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  9. The Penal Times

    CBÉS 0050

    Thomas Kearney

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  10. (no title)

    “There was a grave found in a stone quarry in Carrickanass.”

    CBÉS 0143

    Thomas Kearney

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  11. The Legend of Toibrín Donal

    CBÉS 0381

    Senior, Thomas Kearney

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  12. Special Days and Their Customs

    CBÉS 0609

    Brendan Ryan, Desmond Slattery, Gerald Cosgrove, John Neylon, Michael Healy, Michael Heffernan, Michael Pilkington, Michael White, Remond Healy, Seán Kenny, Seán Ryan, Thomas Kearney, Thomas Pilkington

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  13. Snaring Rabbits

    CBÉS 0609

    John Kenny, Thomas Kearney

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  14. Folklore

    CBÉS 0692

    Kevin Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  15. The Weaver and the Giants

    CBÉS 0692

    Kevin Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  16. (no title)

    “About a hundred years ago there lived in a place called Riverdale near Raharney , Co. Westmeath a Protestan man named Briscoe.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Letty Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  17. (no title)

    “Once upon a time there lived an old innocent man in the locality.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Barney Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  18. (no title)

    “There was once two boys who were very foolish and who used to stay until midnight pitching buttons.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Kevin Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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  19. (no title)

    “There was once a blacksmith whose names was Bill Dawson the blacksmith.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Kevin Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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    “One dark night a man who was used to playing cards every night was going home.”

    CBÉS 0692

    Joan Keegan, Thomas Kearney

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