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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. Cures

    CBÉS 0224

    James Gannon, Willie O Hara

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    “About two miles from Ballinamore in the townland of Glenacoo there is a farm of land belonging to a man named Edward Conlon.”

    CBÉS 0224

    James Mc Ternan, Willie O Hara

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  3. Cure for Cow with a Sore Eye

    CBÉS 0224

    Willie O Hara

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  4. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0224

    Willie O Hara

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  5. Rooks

    CBÉS 0224

    Willie O Hara

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  6. Riddles

    CBÉS 0224

    Willie O Hara

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    “Some years ago a certain family could not get any butter from the milk they churned.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Mrs Brady, Willie O Hara

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    “About fifty years ago there lived, near Mohill, a man named Patrick Maguire.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Mrs O Hara, Willie O Hara

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    “About one mile from Ballinamore there is a townland named Aghaleague.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Mrs Mc Ternan, Willie O Hara

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    “Fifty years ago a man named James Flynn was working with a man named Patrick Ellis, near Mohill.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Mrs Mc Ternan, Willie O Hara

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    “In the townland of Bushill which is about three miles from Ballinamore there lived a man named John Reilly.”

    CBÉS 0225

    James Reilly, Willie O Hara

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    “Some years ago a man named Peter Brady was working with a man named James Quinn.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Peter Brady, Willie O Hara

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    “Two miles from Ballinamore there is a townland named Drumlonan.”

    CBÉS 0225

    Mrs O Hara, Willie O Hara

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  14. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0225

    John Reilly, Willie O Hara

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