The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Fairy Stories

    CBÉS 0219

    Mr J. Mc Garry

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  2. Story

    Once upon a time there was an old man looking for lodgings.

    CBÉS 0231

    Kathleen Curran, Mr P. Leydon

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  3. Funny Stories - The Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0237

    Mary Kate Carty, Patrick Carty

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  4. An Elf and Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0263

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  5. An Gadaí Dubh

    CBÉS 0274

    Bat Murphy, Dermot Harrington

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  6. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0356

    John Mahony, Patrick T. Casey

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  7. A Story

    CBÉS 0406

    Tim Leahy

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  8. Scéalta Grinn - A Story of the Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0432

    Nioclás Ó Domhnaill, Seamus Alastar Ó Domhnaill

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    In the middle of the river Clydagh up near Pildies there is a high "slinn" called "dassaigs"?

    CBÉS 0449

    Aeneas Leahy, Mike Geaney, Mrs John Leahy

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  10. Scéalta

    CBÉS 0452

    Eibhlín Bean Uí Croinín, Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh

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  11. Scéal

    CBÉS 0477

    Diarmuid Ó Séaghdha

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  12. An Old Man and Woman

    CBÉS 0493

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  13. Rejuvenations of Man and Wife - Lisnacullia Well

    CBÉS 0501

    Ita Walsh

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  14. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0501

    Bridie Sheehy, Miss Mary Daly

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  15. (no title)

    There was once a man who went to a wood to cut a tree.

    CBÉS 0524

    Michael Mc Namara

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  16. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0538

    Kitty Hickey, Margaret Clifford

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  17. A Story

    CBÉS 0583

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  18. (no title)

    San am fadó bhí fear agus a bhean in a suidhe cois na teineadh oidhche Shamhna.

    CBÉS 0618

    Máire Bean Caolaidhe, Máire Ní Caolaidhe

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  19. Folklore - The Three Wishes

    CBÉS 0694

    Mrs Farrell

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  20. Townlands - Cornaville South

    CBÉS 0706

    Bessie Alwill

    Cornaville South, Co. Meath

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