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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. Riddles

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  2. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  3. Signs of Approaching Death

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  4. Death

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  5. The Wake

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  6. Wakes Long Ago

    CBÉS 0221

    John Donohue, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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    “Then there used to be games of "slapping".”

    CBÉS 0221

    Frank Quinn, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  8. The Dirty and Clean Sheep

    CBÉS 0221

    Frank Quinn, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  9. Marrying the Nine Daughters

    CBÉS 0221

    Francis Keegan, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  10. Wakes Long Ago

    CBÉS 0221

    Frank Quinn, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  11. Wakes Long Ago

    CBÉS 0221

    James Galloghy, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  12. The Burial

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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    “When a young person died long ago, it was customary for the young people to cut sally rods, peel them and stick them to the ground around the grave after the burial.”

    CBÉS 0221

    Mrs Moran, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  14. Local Heroes and Strong Men

    CBÉS 0221

    Frank Quinn, P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  15. Local Heroes and Strong Men

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  16. Cures

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  17. Prayers

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  18. Churning

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  19. Taking Off the Butter

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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  20. The Famine (The Bad Times)

    CBÉS 0221

    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh

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