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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. Ciorrú

    CBÉS 0420

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  2. The Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0438

    Míchéal Ó h Ainféin

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  3. Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0465

    Mrs Hussay

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  4. Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0465

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  5. The Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0622

    James Barrington

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  6. Ainmhithe na Feirme - Animals Overlooked

    CBÉS 0624

    Seán Mac Consaidín

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  7. Ainmhithe na Feirme - The Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0624

    Seán Mac Consaidín

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  8. (no title)

    “The belief of the evil eye or that people would curse you must have been very prevalent.”

    CBÉS 0640

    George Greenslade, James Cashman

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  9. Power of the Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0699

    Renee Sheerin

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  10. The Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0741

    Eamon Mc Garry, John Dowling

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  11. The Evil Eye

    CBÉS 0741

    T.F. Mc Garry

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  12. (no title)

    “1. Saint Enan lived in Drumraney. He was a hermit. After his death a monastery was built in his honour...”

    CBÉS 0747

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  13. The Cow of Plenty

    CBÉS 0749

    Pam Maguire

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  14. (no title)

    “It was believed until quite recent times, that certain people had the 'Evil Eye'...”

    CBÉS 0750

    Irene Finnegan

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  15. (no title)

    “The bad eye is believed in here as well as in Co Sligo and other parts of the country.”

    CBÉS 0846

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  16. (no title)

    “There was a man wan time and he went to buy a calf from another man.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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  17. Fairies

    CBÉS 0938

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  18. (no title)

    “It was believed that some people had a bad heart and could 'blink'.”

    CBÉS 0938

    Laurence Hughes

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  19. (no title)

    “There was a man the name of James Hughes "Red Bann" he was called for nick-name.”

    CBÉS 0938

    Laurence Hughes

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  20. (no title)

    “An old man lived in Clontibret and one day he went to town.”

    CBÉS 0938

    Paddy Mc Mahon

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