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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. Cures

    CBÉS 0568

    Christie Prendergast, Mr Prendergast

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  2. Cures

    CBÉS 0568

    Mrs Mc Grath, Phylis Mc Grath

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    “In the Summer I make necklets with daisies and I make belts also...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Kitty Burke

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  4. Cures

    CBÉS 0568

    Maris Doyle, Mrs Doyle

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    “My father Patrick Burke told me about this fort.”

    CBÉS 0568

    Kitty Burke, Patrick Burke

    Ballinvoher, Co. Tipperary

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    “There is a fairy fort in one of John Dee's fields in Kingcor...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Eamon Fogarty, Edward Fogarty

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    “There is a fairy fort over in Ballynavin...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Biddy Cronin, James O' Halloran

    Ballynevin, Co. Tipperary

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    “There is an old-Lios near Powerstown called Lisronagh...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Michael O' Brien, Nicholas O' Brien

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    “In the winter time my Grandfather used to make cribs for catching birds...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Mary Fitzgerald, Patrick O' Gorman

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    “There was a man named Paddy Walsh long ago who sold needles and thread...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Eileen Quinlan, Patrick Quinlan

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    “There is a fort in Mr King's land...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Nora Burke, Patrick Burke

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    “There is a rath over in Ballyboe...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Richard Cahill, Teddy Cahill

    Ballyboe, Co. Tipperary

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  13. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Mary F. Prendergast, Thomas Prendergast

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  14. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Biddy Cronin, James O' Halloran

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  15. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Michael O' Brien, Nicholas O' Brien

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  16. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Kitty Walsh, William Walsh

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  17. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Mary Fitzgerald, Patrick O' Gorman

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  18. The Famine Times

    CBÉS 0568

    Richard Cahill, Teddy Cahill

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    “The games I play are Football, Hurling, Hide and Seek, Skittles, Cat, Marbles, and others...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Richard Cahill, Teddy Cahill

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    “These are games mu Grandfather used to play long ago...”

    CBÉS 0568

    Mary Fitzgerald, Patrick O' Gorman

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