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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. Seanamhráin - My Father's Cóta Mór

    CBÉS 0074

    Micheál Ó Catháin, Seán Ó Catháin

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  2. Scéal - An Gadaí Dubh

    CBÉS 0075

    Seán Ó Catháin

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  3. Seanscéal

    CBÉS 0082

    Seán Ó Catháin

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  4. Sceal - Gairdín na Brídeoige

    CBÉS 0082

    Seán Ó Catháin

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    “It happened in Kilcara [míle ón scoil] in the famine times that one of four brothers from another County came to Kerry to earn a living with a farmer named Fitzmaurice.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Seán Ó Catháin

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    “Long ago the young people were in the habit of playing tricks November night.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Seán Ó Catháin

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    “There was a poor man there long ago he made his living by a magpie.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Dómhnall Ó Caoimh, Seán Ó Catháin

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    “There is a place in Meenahorna called ther claidhe buidhe.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Seán Ó Catháin

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    “There was a man named O Sullivan from Berehaven working in the strand near his own land one day.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Seán Ó Catháin

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  10. Seanchas i dtaobh na hAimsire

    CBÉS 0419

    Seán Ó Catháin, Tomás Ó Ceárn

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  11. Folklore

    CBÉS 0609

    Seán Ó Catháin

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  12. Superstitions

    CBÉS 0614

    John Cahir, Seán Ó Catháin

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  13. Seanleigheasanna

    CBÉS 0646

    Seán Ó Catháin, Siobhán Ní Fhearachair

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  14. Seanleigheasanna

    CBÉS 0646

    Seán Ó Catháin, Seán Ó Paor

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  15. Seanscéal - Cloch Labhrais

    CBÉS 0646

    Mícheal Scealton, Seán Ó Catháin

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