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 in this District Long ago

    CBÉS 1096

    Anthony Kelly, Maggie Kelly

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  2. Dress around here Long ago

    CBÉS 1096

    Anthony Kelly, Sarah Kelly

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  3. An Old Song

    My dear sister Eileen, she's younger than I am ...

    CBÉS 1096

    Ethna Cassidy, Kitty Mac Grory

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  4. Churning

    CBÉS 1096

    Maggie Kelly, Mrs Maggie Kelly

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  5. Old Ballad

    Soldier, soldier, will you marry me?

    CBÉS 1096

    Kitty Mc Grory, Sarah Kelly

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  6. A Strange Story

    CBÉS 1096

    Maggie Kelly, Mick Glackin

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  7. Song - The Martyrs of Drumboe

    CBÉS 1096

    Alex Flanagan, Bernard Doherty

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  8. A Strange Story

    CBÉS 1096

    Kathleen Cassidy, Kitty Mac Grory

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  9. Old Guesses

    CBÉS 1096

    Anna Mac Crudden, Susan Boyce

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  10. A Great Snowstorm

    CBÉS 1096

    Anthony Kelly, Sarah Kelly

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  11. Ballad - Johnson's Motorcar

    CBÉS 1096

    Alex Flanagan, Bernard Doherty

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  12. Old Ballad - The Old Oak Tree

    CBÉS 1096

    Mrs Maggie Kelly, Sarah Kelly

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  13. The Hills of Barnesmore

    CBÉS 1096

    Maggie Kelly, Mrs Sarah Glackin

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  14. The Bonny Irish Boy

    CBÉS 1096

    Bernard Doherty, Mrs Alex Flanagan

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  15. An Old Song

    It happened one night in a dance at a ball ...

    CBÉS 1096

    Ethna Cassidy, Mrs Hughes

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  16. The Boys in Blue

    CBÉS 1096

    Kathleen Cassidy, Mrs Doherty

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  17. Nóirín Bán

    CBÉS 1096

    Bernard Doherty

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  18. The Heather where the Moorcocks Crow

    CBÉS 1096

    Maggie Kelly, Mrs Kelly

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  19. Old Song - Pat O'Donnell

    My name is Pat o'Donnell, ¶ I was born in Donegal;

    CBÉS 1096

    Ethna Cassidy, James Cassidy

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  20. The Bonny Blue Handkerchief under Her Chin

    CBÉS 1096

    Connell Mac Dermott, Maggie Kelly

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