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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. Stories

    CBÉS 0441

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  2. Blennerville

    CBÉS 0441

    Kathleen O' Brien, Patrick Moriarty

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  3. A Story

    CBÉS 0441

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  4. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0441

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  5. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0441

    Eileen O' Brien, Patrick Moriarty

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  6. Stories

    CBÉS 0441

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  7. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0441

    Mary Moriarty, Peter Moriarty

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  8. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0441

    Mary Moriarty, Peter Moriarty

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  9. Riddles

    CBÉS 0441

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  10. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0441

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  11. Old Songs

    “Dan Gamble is my name, from the town of Argyle.”

    CBÉS 0441

    Kitty Tangney

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  12. Bold O'Donoghue

    CBÉS 0441

    Kitty Tangney

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  13. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0441

    Rosie O' Brien, Timothy O' Brien

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  14. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0441

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  15. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0441

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  16. Dreams

    CBÉS 0441

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  17. Place Names

    CBÉS 0441

    Betty J. Kerins, John J. Kerins

    Tonavane, Co. Kerry

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  18. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0441

    Thomas Kerins

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  19. A Story

    CBÉS 0441

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  20. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0441

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