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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. How Rush Candles Were Made

    CBÉS 0204

    Mary Mc Ternan, Patrick Mc Ternan

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  2. A Famous Local Singer

    CBÉS 0204

    Patrick Byrne, Thomas Byrne

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  3. A Local Song

    “Young men and maidens I pray lend an ear,”

    CBÉS 0204

    Patrick Byrne, Thomas Byrne

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  4. Starchmaking

    CBÉS 0204

    Peter Flynn, Thomas Byrne

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0204

    Garet Mc Ternan, Thomas Byrne

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  6. Local Crafts - Scoith Ropes

    CBÉS 0204

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  7. Local Crafts - Nail-Making

    CBÉS 0204

    John Cullen, Thomas Byrne

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  8. The Leohnaugh Man who Was Dumb and Deaf

    CBÉS 0204

    Francis Lyons, Hugh Lyons

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  9. The Black Thief of Slone

    CBÉS 0204

    Mary Mc Ternan, Patrick Mc Ternan

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  10. The Man who Married a Mermaid

    CBÉS 0204

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  11. A Battle with a Ghost

    CBÉS 0204

    James Mc Ternan, Patrick Mc Ternan

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  12. A March Hare

    CBÉS 0204

    James Mc Ternan, Patrick Mc Ternan

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  13. The Cure of the Mumps

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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    “There was once a man named Kelly and another protestant man and there used to be a ghost haunting the protestant man...”

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  15. A Witch

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  16. The Cure of the Rose

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  17. The Boy with No Parents

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  18. Polathreesheen

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  19. Bean Shee

    CBÉS 0204

    Annie Kelly, Mrs E. Kelly

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  20. St Fergus' Church

    CBÉS 0204

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