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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. A Story Told at the Fireside

    “In a county village in Co.Mayo there were five boys and they were great comrades.”

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Hunter

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  2. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Hunter

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  3. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0160

    Ena Campbell

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  4. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0160

    Frank Duncan

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  5. Old Stones, Monuments and Crosses

    CBÉS 0160

    Frank Duncan

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  6. Monuments

    CBÉS 0160

    Bertie Shaw

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  7. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 0160

    Violet Mc Kee

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  8. Local Ruins

    CBÉS 0160

    William Henderson

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  9. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0160

    Alick Bridgens

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  10. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Huner

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  11. Games

    CBÉS 0160

    Doreen Symons

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  12. Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0160

    Olive Hunter

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  13. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0160

    Joyce Harrison

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  14. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0160

    William Henderson

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  15. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0160

    Frank Duncan

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  16. Local Roads

    CBÉS 0160

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  17. Story

    “Once upon a time there was a fiddler who had the use of onl one leg, and the other leg was stiff.”

    CBÉS 0160

    Alick Bridgens

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  18. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0160

    Gladys East

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  19. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0160

    Joyce Harrison

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  20. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0160

    Doreen Symons

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