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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. (no title)

    “There are many names for fields and such places as glens, heights and hollows.”

    CBÉS 0455

    Joan O Connor

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  2. Flax and Linen

    CBÉS 0455

    Teddy O Sullivan

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 0455

    Teddy O' Sullivan

    Transcript

  4. The Old Pike

    CBÉS 0455

    Teddy O' Sullivan

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  5. Old Forts in the Locality

    CBÉS 0455

    Eugene O' Keeffe

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  6. Cahireen na Leanbh

    CBÉS 0455

    Frank O Reilly

    Lissyviggeen, Co. Kerry

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  7. A Holy Well

    CBÉS 0455

    Frank O Reilly

    Transcript

  8. Local Work and Workers

    CBÉS 0455

    Brigid Courtney

    Transcript

  9. St John's Night

    CBÉS 0455

    Brigid Courtney

    Transcript

  10. Matchmaking

    CBÉS 0455

    Brigid Courtney

    Transcript

  11. Local Customs at Wakes and Funerals

    CBÉS 0455

    Mary O Keeffe

    Transcript

  12. Workers Half a Century Ago

    CBÉS 0455

    Mary O Keeffe

    Transcript

  13. How Potatoes Are Planted

    CBÉS 0455

    Donie O Keeffe

    Transcript

  14. A Story of the Penal Days

    CBÉS 0455

    Con Horgan

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “About three miles from Killarney on the railway line to Cork; the fence on both sides of the railway is not level...”

    CBÉS 0455

    Con Horgan

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  16. St John's Eve

    CBÉS 0455

    Donie O Keeffe

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  17. (no title)

    “In the townland of Artigallivan in the parish of Glenfleak in the Co Kerry in the year 1887, there lived a man named Tangney...”

    CBÉS 0455

    Dan Joe Mullane

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  18. The Headless Coach

    CBÉS 0455

    Dan Joe Mullane

    Transcript

  19. Matchmaking

    CBÉS 0455

    Frank O Reilly

    Transcript

  20. Local Signs of Weather

    CBÉS 0455

    Frank O Reilly

    Transcript