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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 Mean Man and the Priest

    CBÉS 0148

    Miss Cawley, Robert Cawley

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0148

    Máire Nic an Siubháil, Seán Mac an t Siubháil

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  3. A Story

    “Once upon a time there lived an Irishman and an Englishman.”

    CBÉS 0149

    Mike Reilly

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  4. Folklore - A Story

    CBÉS 0214

    B. O Toole

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  5. A Story

    CBÉS 0323

    Denis Murphy, Nora Murphy

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  6. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0323

    John Murphy, Margaret O' Murphy

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  7. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0396

    Master Patrick Dwyer, Mrs Dwyer

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  8. A Story of An Old Woman and Her Son

    CBÉS 0408

    Patt Horgan

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  9. Stories

    CBÉS 0435

    Áine Ní Mhaolruanaigh

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  10. Stories

    CBÉS 0460

    Tim Sheehan

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  11. Stories

    CBÉS 0460

    John Fitzgerald

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    “There was once a protestant Minister who had a garden around his Church.”

    CBÉS 0485

    Mary Woulfe, Patrick Woulfe

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  13. A Story

    CBÉS 0498

    W. F. Ruddle

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  14. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0523

    Mary Murphy

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  15. Stories

    “One day a minister was giving a service in a Protestant Church.”

    CBÉS 0553

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  16. Story

    CBÉS 0572

    Eily Lonergan

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  17. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0707

    Annie Carroll, Michael Carroll

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  18. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0776

    Elizabeth Keenan, Mrs O' Hara

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  19. Scéal

    “Bhí sagart ann aon uair amháin agus níl cuimhne agam anois ca fhad atá sé ó mhair sé. Rinne sé seanamair Domhnach amháin ar gabhail 'un na Flaitheas agus gur bealach cuan, corrach a bhí ann, agus gur bealach leathan fairsing a bhí a gabhail go h-Ifrinn.”

    CBÉS 1038

    Mollaidh Ní Ghallchobhair, Prionsus A Gallchobhair

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  20. An Gasúr agus an Sagart

    CBÉS 1040

    Eibhlín Nic Giolla Ceárr, Máire Nic Giolla Ceárr

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