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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. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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  2. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “On May day the people stich.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “Long ago people made wax candles from bees wax.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “A foxes tongue would draw a thorn ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “A rainbow on a Saturday evening is a sign of the next week to be wet.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “Tom Donaly of Doura was a poet ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “Torpahy of Cooscaun ate his breakfast in his own house and walked to Limerick ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “The October fair is the best fair for cattle because they are fat from the after grass.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “Clanrichard was the land lord of the county Galway.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “Long ago there was a woman and she had put one cow, and the cow died, she skinned the cow.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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    “There are two tailors in this district.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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  13. Holy Wells - St Fanahan's Well

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  14. Hedge-Schools - Old Schools

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  15. Food Long Ago

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  16. Starch from Potatoes

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  17. Preparing Potato Seed

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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    “A man named Ryan was evicted out of the house where Pat Farrell now lives in the townland of Cooladerry, Parish of Ballyporeen.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  19. May Eve Customs and Pishogues

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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  20. Ghosts

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael Slattery

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