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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. Food

    CBÉS 1076

    Antony Wilkinson, Dorothy Wilkinson

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  2. Food

    CBÉS 1076

    Anthony Wilkinson, Dorothy Wilkinson

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  3. The Famine in Ireland

    CBÉS 1076

    Dorothy Wilkinson

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  4. Halloween

    CBÉS 1076

    Frances Gallagher, Mrs Hay

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  5. Halloween

    CBÉS 1076

    Andrew Wilkinson, Mrs Ann Mc Ginley

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    “In olden times people had no lamps. They used spales of fir to give them light.”

    CBÉS 1076

    Mr Charlie Hunter

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  7. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1076

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  8. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1076

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  9. Weather-Lore - Frost Signs

    CBÉS 1076

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  10. Omens of Ill Luck

    CBÉS 1076

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  11. Omens of Good Luck

    CBÉS 1076

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  12. Old Cures

    CBÉS 1076

    Andrew Wilkinson, Frances Gallagher

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  13. Doe Castle

    CBÉS 1076

    Frances Gallagher, W. Gallagher

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  14. Caves

    CBÉS 1076

    Pearl Hunter

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    “In olden times a lot of Giants were in Ireland, one day a giant was standing on the hill beside Lough Salt he lifted four stones and throwed them to the hill behind Mortimer's.”

    CBÉS 1076

    Pearl Hunter

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  16. Cairns

    CBÉS 1076

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  17. Flax Mills

    CBÉS 1076

    Charles Hunter, Pearl Hunter

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  18. Ghost Stories - The White Lady

    CBÉS 1076

    Dorothy Wilkinson, Ms W. T. Arnold

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  19. Ghost Stories - Ards House

    CBÉS 1076

    A. Wilkinson, Anton Mc Bride

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  20. Seanscéal

    “In olden times people believed that there were such things as fairies, witches, banshees and other things.”

    CBÉS 1076

    Andrew Wilkinson

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