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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1109

    Jean Gillighan, Mr J. Ferguson

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  2. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 1109

    Jean Gillighan, Mrs Hutchinson

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  3. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 1109

    Mrs Hutchinson, Sam Mc Corkell

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  4. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 1109

    George Gillighan, Mr G. Gillighan

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  5. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 1109

    Hamilton Ferguson, Mrs Hutchinson

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    “The king of Morocco built a ship and in the ship the daughter sat and I am blamed for telling her name and three times I have it?”

    CBÉS 1109

    David Moore, Mrs Moore

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    “What talks and can't walk? Gramaphone.”

    CBÉS 1109

    Hamilton Ferguson, Mr J. Ferguson

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    “Who sat under a dock leaf and was eaten by a cow? Tom Thumb.”

    CBÉS 1109

    George Gillighan, Mr G. Gillighan

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    “Why is a light shoe like a warm summer? Because it makes the corn grow.”

    CBÉS 1109

    Mrs T. Mc Corkell, Samuel Mc Corkell

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    “When it is too short - you cut off a bit to make it long enough? A Grave.”

    CBÉS 1109

    David Moore, Mrs Moore

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    “As I went over London bridge, I met a London scholar.”

    CBÉS 1109

    Hamilton Ferguson, Mr J Ferguson

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    “A long man legless came to the door, staffless.”

    CBÉS 1109

    Jean Gillighan, Mr Gillighan

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  13. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1109

    Howard Nichol, Mr G. Gillighan, Mr James Ferguson, Mr John Ferguson

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  14. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 1109

    Hamilton Ferguson, Mr J. Ferguson

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  15. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 1109

    Betty Walker, Mrs Connell

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  16. Birds

    CBÉS 1109

    Betty Walker, Mr Alex Platt

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  17. Local Marriages

    CBÉS 1109

    Betty Walker, Mrs Connell

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  18. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 1109

    Hamilton Ferguson, Mrs Ferguson

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  19. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 1109

    Jean Gillighan, Mr G Gillighan, Mrs Hutchinson

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  20. Old Schools

    CBÉS 1109

    Jean Gillighan, Mr G. Gillighan, Mrs Hutchinson

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