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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. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0377

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  2. Halloween Customs

    CBÉS 0377

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  3. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0377

    Mrs Moye

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  4. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0377

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0377

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  6. Christmas Day

    CBÉS 0377

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  7. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0377

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  8. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0377

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  9. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0377

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  10. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0377

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  11. A Character of a Beggarman

    CBÉS 0377

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  12. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0377

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  13. A Song

    “On the forth of September 1916, some dashing young fellows that day were seen”

    CBÉS 0377

    Edmond Lenihan, Seán O' Mahony

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  14. A Song

    “On the forth of September 1916, some dashing young fellows that day were seen”

    CBÉS 0377

    Captain O' Denn, William Hynes

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  15. A Song

    “If ever you were born, a preacher for to be, you were born for misfortune, in every degree”

    CBÉS 0377

    Tom Riordan

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  16. A Song

    “I tightened up my boots, my boyo”

    CBÉS 0377

    Willie Ryan

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  17. A Song

    “I tightened up my boots, my boyo, And I ran against the hill”

    CBÉS 0377

    Peter O' Neill

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  18. A Song - The Race Night Out in Doon

    CBÉS 0377

    John Lomasney

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    “The warble fly is all over, ¶ There is no mistake about that, ¶ The cows will rest in comfort ¶ When the weather will get hot...”

    CBÉS 0377

    Mr J. O' Donovan

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  20. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0377

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