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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. Brian Ó Luing

    CBÉS 0091

    Bríghid Bean Uí Seóighe, Eibhlín Seóighe

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  2. Scéal - Brian Ó Laoi

    CBÉS 0092

    Eibhlín Seoighe

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  3. (no title)

    “When it was time to pay the rent, a poor man went to Castlebar to sell oats so he would have money to pay the rent.”

    CBÉS 0101

    Patrick Sherdan

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  4. Tadhg Ó Laife

    CBÉS 0103

    Liam Ó Oiscin, Máire Ní Eithir, Mary Haire, William Heskin

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  5. A Story

    CBÉS 0106

    Patrick Glynn, Patrick O' Brian

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  6. Scéal

    CBÉS 0126

    Joseph P. Caron, Mrs James Peyton

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  7. Seán Ó Neachtan and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0127

    Frankie Flannelly, Thomas Dowd

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  8. Jack Neary and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0167

    Bartley Fox, Seosamh Ó Catháin

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  9. Scéal

    CBÉS 0173

    Brigid Ní Durcáin, Seán Ní Scanláin

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  10. A Funny Story

    “Once upon a time a man named Jimmy Foley was working at the Saltpans.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Jim Grene, John Lavin

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  11. A Story

    CBÉS 0185

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  12. Jack Tansey

    CBÉS 0185

    Bea Mc Coy, Kathleen Cryan

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    “One time a man was going to the bog for a creel of turf.”

    CBÉS 0189

    Michael Mac Ternan

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  14. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0191

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  15. Folklore - Funny Story

    CBÉS 0199

    Annie Byrne, John Feeney

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  16. How Séamus Got a Clear Receipt

    CBÉS 0200

    May Gillen, Mrs Gillen

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  17. Funny Stories Heard Locally

    CBÉS 0211

    Josie Lynch, Paddy Kelly

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  18. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0219

    Ownie Murphy, Teresa Beirne

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  19. Paddy Gallagher's Pig

    CBÉS 0238

    Mrs Dan Campbell, Tom Connolly

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  20. A Comic Story

    CBÉS 0254

    Maureen Beirne

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