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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. The Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0004

    Connie Mc Grath, Mr J. Mc Cann

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  2. The Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0004

    Mr John Canavan, Patrick Joyce

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  3. Scéal

    CBÉS 0017

    Bríghid Ní Chiaráin, Seamus Ó Ganlaigh

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  4. Scéal

    CBÉS 0019

    Seán Ó Cuilcín

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  5. Scéal

    CBÉS 0030

    Máire Ní Íarnáin

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  6. An Old Story

    “There was an old man and his wife going to the fair of Athenry one day selling a cow.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Martin Burke, Robert Gardiner

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  7. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0037

    Delia Murphy, Julia Murphy

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  8. The Leipreachán

    CBÉS 0043

    Bridie Sweeney, James Miskell, John Mc Loughlin, Lily Mc Loughlin, Patrick Sweeney, Teresa Glynn, Willie Glynn

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  9. Seanscéal

    CBÉS 0063

    Seán Ó Conghaile

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    “There were once a man and his wife who were very poor.”

    CBÉS 0077

    J. Keary, Veronica Kelly

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  11. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0090

    Martin Farragher, Patrick Muldoon

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  12. The Selfish Woman

    CBÉS 0101

    Mrs Murphy

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  13. The Fairy's Poundereen

    CBÉS 0110

    Baby Lyons, John Lyons

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  14. Cure for Sore Eyes

    CBÉS 0117

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  15. Folk Tales - The Dumb Tinker

    CBÉS 0142

    Mártain Ó Braonáin

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  16. Story

    CBÉS 0159

    John Perkes, Michael Molony

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  17. The Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0165

    Annie M. Kilcullen, Mrs J. Kilcullen

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  18. The Queen of the Fairies

    CBÉS 0170

    John P. Stenson, Mrs Cafferty

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  19. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0180

    E. Mac Mahon

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  20. The Story of the Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0193

    Margaret Mc Morrow, Peter Mc Morrow

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