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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0865

    James Buggy, Mr Martin Buggy

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  2. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr Joseph Brennan, Patrick O' Keefe

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0865

    Francis Boran, Mr Peter Boran

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  4. Local Storms

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr William Edmonds, Patrick O' Keefe

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  5. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0865

    Mrs E. O' Keefe, Patrick O' Keefe

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  6. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0865

    James Bolger, William Hosey

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    “Marriages in this district take place particularly around Shrove but also...”

    CBÉS 0865

    John Nolan, Patrick O' Keefe

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    “A field situated in Coolnaleen is named the gate field...”

    CBÉS 0865

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    “The names of the birds that live around here are; thrushes, robins...”

    CBÉS 0865

    James Buggy, Mrs Buggy

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    “The travelling people who frequent this part of the country mostly are the Cashes.”

    CBÉS 0865

    Patrick O' Keefe

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  11. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0865

    Patrick O' Keefe

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  12. Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0865

    Patrick O' Keefe

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    “On the Farm of Mr John Bradley, Kill there is a small fairy rath...”

    CBÉS 0865

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  14. Our Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0865

    E. O' Keefe, Miss Sarah O' Keefe

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  15. Churning

    CBÉS 0865

    Miss Margaret Fleming

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  16. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr Thomas Grout

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  17. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr Thomas Grout

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  18. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr Thomas Grout

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  19. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 0865

    Mr Thomas Grout

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    “In the year 1834 a great snowstorm broke out.”

    CBÉS 0865

    Gerard Boran, Peter Boran

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