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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. Legend of Castletown Graveyard

    CBÉS 0548

    Mr William Mac Cormack

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  2. The Giant of Crimlin - Martin Sweeny

    CBÉS 0548

    Mr James Jones

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  3. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones, Martin Mc Cann, Mick Gleeson, Ned Hingerty

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  4. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones, Ned Hegarty

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  5. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones, Martin Mc Cann

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  6. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0548

    Edward Egan

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  7. Some Other Forecast

    CBÉS 0548

    Edward Egan

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  8. Spinning and Other Crafts

    CBÉS 0548

    Martin Mc Cann

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  9. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0548

    Ned Hingerty

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  10. Other Heroes

    CBÉS 0548

    Kathleen Harton

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  11. James Jones Version of Carden's Wild Domain

    CBÉS 0548

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  12. Barnane Hill

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones

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  13. Barnane

    CBÉS 0548

    Mrs Kathleen Harton

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    “An old song which used to be sung by Jim Davis a man who used to work with the farmers of the locality some forty years ago.”

    CBÉS 0548

    Mrs Mc Cormac, Ní Cearbhaill

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    “Old Mrs Madden Lisduff was praising a gander...”

    CBÉS 0548

    Ned Hingerty

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    “Piece of poetry composed after a raffle which was held at Colberts...”

    CBÉS 0548

    Ned Hingerty

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  17. Riddles

    CBÉS 0548

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    “I once had the pleasure of seeing Arthur Judge that drove the mail coach from Dublin to Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones

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  19. The Idler's Stone

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones

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  20. Borden's Grove

    CBÉS 0548

    James Jones

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