The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0365

    Daniel O' Hanlon, Mary Hanlon

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    The most harmful weeds growing in a farm are switch grass, and dockleaf...

    CBÉS 0365

    Mary Hanlon

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    Once there did a man go to the strand for a load sand.

    CBÉS 0411

    Bridget Leahy, Mary Hanlon

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  4. A Story of a Well

    CBÉS 0442

    Mary Hanlon, Mary Sugrue

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  5. The Bridegroom who Died with Fright

    CBÉS 0442

    Con Sugrue, Mary Hanlon

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  6. The Dog with the Tail Six Feet Long

    CBÉS 0442

    Con Sugrue, Mary Hanlon

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  7. The Parish Priest's Prophetic Words

    CBÉS 0442

    Mary Hanlon, Mary Sugrue

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    If you're born you're not buried.

    CBÉS 0826

    Mary Hanlon

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  9. Song

    At ten to the minute the raffle began

    CBÉS 0826

    Mary Hanlon

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  10. A Toast

    CBÉS 0826

    Mary Hanlon

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    All the men and money...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    One day I met Mary Ann, Tuesday Mary Jane...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    Weeper Weeper Chimney sweeper...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    Marry in blue your wish will come true...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    If you are mimicking when the clock strikes you will be mimicking all the days off your life.

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    A priest asked a boy what he was beating the ass for...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    A priest asked a boy what kind of potatoes he was picking...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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    My father and mother were Irish...

    CBÉS 0827

    Mary Hanlon

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