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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. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0636

    Eily O' Brien, Mrs M. O' Brien

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  2. An Alphabet of St Carthagh

    CBÉS 0636

    Nellie Duggan, Sister M. Carthagh

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  3. The Botany Boys

    CBÉS 0636

    Bridie Hartnett, Mr. J. Hartnett

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  4. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0636

    Mr F. Willoughby, Peg Willoughby

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  5. A Local Song

    “Goodbye sweet Lismore hills and vales, Knockmealdown mountains and Mellery Plains.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Miss M. Willoughby, Nora Willoughby

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  6. A Local Song

    “There's a river pure that runs along by the side of Clogheen Road, It's source they say is ten miles away from the bridge of sweet Lismore.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Margaret Drohan, Mrs D. Drohan

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  7. Lismore - A Town of Saints and Scholars

    CBÉS 0636

    Kitty Lineen, Sister M. Carthagh

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  8. Lismore

    CBÉS 0636

    Betty Scanlan, Sister M. Carthage

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  9. A Local Song

    “Once that I courted a soldier, And he was the first won my heart”

    CBÉS 0636

    Mary M. Scanlan, Mrs M. Scanlan

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  10. The Maid of Lismore

    CBÉS 0636

    Mary Scanlan, Mrs M. Scanlan

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  11. A Local Song

    “I swam the Blackwater, I fished in the Bride, And I chased the wild hare Round the blue mountain side.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Mrs O Donnell, Pauline O Donnell

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  12. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0636

    Messrs M. and A. Crowley, Patricia Crowley

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  13. A Local Song

    “L stands for Lismore, Dear town of my birth. To me she is the fairest, And best upon earth.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Alice Scanlan, Mrs P. Scanlan

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  14. A Collection of Prayers

    CBÉS 0636

    Kitty Clancy, Mrs E. Clancy

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  15. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0636

    Eileen Power, Mrs E. Power

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  16. A Local Song

    “A short time ago, Some boys for a walk, Towards Ballygalane, Took a stroll and a talk.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Eileen Power, Mrs M. Power

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  17. A Local Song

    “Poor Juel Doran, Is seldom snorin', Lismore explorin', Her turf to sell.”

    CBÉS 0636

    Mary Power, Mr W. Power

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  18. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0636

    Eileen Noonan, Mr D. Noonan

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  19. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0636

    Eileen Noonan, Mr D. Noonan

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  20. Handmade Toys

    CBÉS 0636

    Mrs O Donnell, Pauline O Donnell

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