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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. Bardogs (Bardóga)

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  2. The Flail

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  3. Riddle-Making

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  4. Sowans

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    J. Walsh

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  5. Boxty Bread

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  6. Nettle Broth and Dumplings

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  7. Manann Castle and Stories Associated with it

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  8. The Eel and the Chest of Gold

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  9. Bashford and His Attempt to Drain the Lake Containing Mannan's Treasure

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  10. The Rats and the Sovereigns

    CBÉS 0799

    Séamus Breathnach

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  11. Story - The Mysterious Woman Sitting on the Roadside at Midnight

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    Catherine Mc Enaney, Séamus Breathnach

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    “Catherine McEneany had many peculiar sayings...”

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  13. The Slipe or Drug

    CBÉS 0799

    Séamus Breathnach

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  14. Shoeing a Cartwheel

    CBÉS 0799

    Séamus Breathnach

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  15. Ghost Stories

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  16. The Hungry Spot

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  17. Notes on the Survival of Irish as a Spoken Tongue in the Parish of Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan

    CBÉS 0799

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    “In 1907 a weekly Irish class taught by Eamonn Ó Tuathail...”

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    Séamus Breathnach

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  19. Last Existing Native Speaker of Irish in the Farney District

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  20. Tom the Fool

    CBÉS 0799

    Séamus Breathnach

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