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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. Folklore of Cloone Parish

    CBÉS 0222

    Eliza Jane Mc Hugh, Mrs Kate Mc Hugh

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  2. St Cillian

    CBÉS 0222

    James Teague, Kathleen Keegan

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  3. An Old Craft - Candle-Making

    CBÉS 0222

    John Keegan, Kathleen Keegan

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  4. Local Cures - Whooping-Cough

    CBÉS 0222

    Francis Reynolds

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  5. The House of Diarmuid and Gráinne

    CBÉS 0222

    Mrs John Glancy

    Annaghmacullen, Co. Leitrim

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  6. St Patrick's Visit to Cloone

    CBÉS 0222

    Francis Reynolds, Mary Reynolds

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  7. Local Customs

    CBÉS 0222

    Bridie Carroll, Peter Carroll

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  8. These Poems Were Composed by Patrick Kane, a Native of Cloone

    “Dear Father James a Christmas chime, ¶ Commingling prose and truthful rhyme, ¶ Recalling many a weird tale, ¶ Told round the fires of Innisfail, ¶ Of Giant's Bare and Holy Spring, ¶ Where Fairy Goblins nightly sing, ¶ Sweet dreamy songs for Leprechauns,”

    CBÉS 0222

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  9. A Poem about Fenagh

    CBÉS 0222

    Brigid Keegan, Kathleen Keegan

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  10. A Poem in Memoriam

    CBÉS 0222

    Kathleen Keegan, Mrs Brigid Keegan

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  11. The Heroes of Cloone

    CBÉS 0222

    Kathleen Keegan, Mrs Brigid Keegan

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  12. Poem about Thomas Darcy

    CBÉS 0222

    Josie Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell

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  13. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0222

    Josie Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell

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  14. Forts

    CBÉS 0222

    J. Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell

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  15. Hallow Eve Customs

    CBÉS 0222

    Mary Reynolds

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  16. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0222

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  17. Boxty Making

    CBÉS 0222

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  18. Potato Cake

    CBÉS 0222

    Mary Reynolds, Mrs Reynolds

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  19. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0222

    Josephine Mitchell, Patrick Mitchell

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  20. Fionn's Bancán

    CBÉS 0222

    Peter O' Carroll

    Drumhallagh, Co. Leitrim

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