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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. A Prayer

    CBÉS 0870

    Patrick Kehoe

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  2. Festival Customs - Whit Sunday

    CBÉS 0870

    Patrick Kehoe

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  3. English - A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0877

    Anna Kennedy, Patrick Kehoe

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    “There was a dance in Kilscanlon wan time.”

    CBÉS 0882

    James Kehoe, Patrick Kehoe

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    “There was a blessed well in a ditch of the graveyard in Kilscanlon one time.”

    CBÉS 0882

    James Kehoe, Patrick Kehoe

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    “There was a boy and his mother livin' in a sooty cabin and the boy was so lazy he was called ashy pit.”

    CBÉS 0882

    James Kehoe, Patrick Kehoe

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    “There were no mowing machines long ago, and the people used to be up at all hours in the mornin' cuttin' with scythes.”

    CBÉS 0882

    James L. Doyle, Patrick Kehoe

    Transcript

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    “The old women long ago had a belief if you could get the water in the forge where horse shoes were cooled, unknown to anywan...”

    CBÉS 0882

    Mr James L. Doyle, Patrick Kehoe

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    “My father saw the banshee one time. He was eating his supper one night at Robby Bennets of Cushinstown.”

    CBÉS 0882

    James Kehoe, Patrick Kehoe

    Transcript

  10. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0888

    Patrick Kehoe

    Transcript

  11. Stories, Songs and Ballads of '98

    “Ninety eight is the year of the famous battles in this country. The rising took place at the Harrow which is about seven miles from Enniscorthy.”

    CBÉS 0893

    Patrick Kehoe

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  12. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0897

    Patrick Kehoe

    Transcript