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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. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0029

    William Carroll

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  2. Mucan na gCat

    CBÉS 0417D

    Bridie Carroll, William Carroll

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  3. The Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0417D

    Bridie Carroll, William Carroll

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    “Shops were not as common long ago as what they are now, and on that account people used have to go to the nearest town to do their purchasing.”

    CBÉS 0518

    William Carroll

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    “The houses that were there long ago were made of mud and they had thatched roofs. Straw used be put through the mud to keep it together and to strengthen it.”

    CBÉS 0518

    William Carroll

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  6. Burning Lime

    CBÉS 0551

    Denis Carroll, William Carroll

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  7. Ardclone

    CBÉS 0843

    William Carroll

    Ardclone, Co. Kilkenny

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    “Once upon a time there were a poor woman and her son living together in a house. Her husband was dead and she was very poor. She had one cow and she made up her mind to sell her.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Mollie Carroll, William Carroll

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  9. Ballymackessy Wood

    CBÉS 0899

    Mary Anne Rochford, William Carroll

    Ballymackesy, Co. Wexford

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  10. Yarns About Fairies

    CBÉS 0899

    William Carroll

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  11. The Cloven Foot

    CBÉS 0899

    William Carroll

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