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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. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0281

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  2. A May Day Story

    CBÉS 0281

    Mrs Dennis, Patrick Cronin

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  3. The Murdering Glen

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr E. O Leary, Patrick Cronin

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  4. The Soldier's Hole

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr John Daly, Patrick Cronin

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  5. A Religious Story

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr D. Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  6. How Loch Bó Finne Was Made

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr E. O Leary, Patrick Cronin

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  7. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0281

    P.F. O Sullivan, Patrick Cronin

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  8. The Lake in Whiddy Island

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr John Daly, Patrick Cronin

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  9. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr D. Cronin, Patrick Cronin

    Transcript

  10. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0281

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

    Transcript

  11. A Story from Durrus

    CBÉS 0281

    Mr Dan Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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    “In Kilbrittain parish long ago there was a man and his name was Tom Long.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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    “There is a fort near my house in Ballinscubbig called Lios a' Radharc.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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    “There was an old school in Ballydonis about sixty five years ago.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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    “St. Joseph was carrying the Blessed Virgin and our Divine Lord into Egypt away from Herod.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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    “About sixty years ago there lived a man named Richard Flynn in the townland of Kilgobbin and in the parish of Ballinaspittle.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  17. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  18. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0356

    Nora Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  19. Penal Days

    CBÉS 0356

    Hannah Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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  20. Hedge Schools

    CBÉS 0356

    Hannah Cronin, Patrick Cronin

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