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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. Weather-Signs

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, James Reynolds

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  2. Fairy-Lore

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr Richard Collins

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  3. Templekeeran Graveyard

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr Richard Collins

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  4. Seven Little Men

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr Richard Collins

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  5. A Funeral

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr R. Collins

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  6. Seven Little Men

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr R. Colins

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  7. Cure of the Blast

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr R. Collins

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    “One night Daddy's father was coming home from work and he saw a lot of little black men on the road before him and when he was passing, they all made a division to let him pass.”

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr R. Collins

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  9. A Ghost

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mr R. Collins

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  10. (no title)

    “There was a big wind in 1903 and it destroyed alot of things in the Parish.”

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mrs R. Collins

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  11. Travellers

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Richard Collins

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  12. (no title)

    “If you hear an ass braying, it is the sign of wet weather.”

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, R. Collins

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  13. Mass Paths

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, R. Collins

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  14. Old Custom

    CBÉS 0686

    Alacoque Collins, Mrs B. Collins

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