The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Home Cures - Whooping-Cough

    CBÉS 0553

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  2. Folklore Moycarkey N.S.

    CBÉS 0553

    Dan Purcell, Eileen Scott

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  3. Home Cures - Jaundice

    CBÉS 0553

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    Once upon a time there lived a king and his son.

    CBÉS 0553

    Dan Purcell, Eileen Scott

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  5. Home Cures - Headache

    CBÉS 0553

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    One summer's night the late James Cahill was coming from Dwyer's of Carrigeen with a donkey and car which he had borrowed to draw out turf from the bog the following day.

    CBÉS 0553

    Joe Callanan, Mrs Lambe

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  7. Home Cures - Anthony's Fire or Wild Fire

    CBÉS 0553

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    There was a certain fairy on "Bealach Buidhe" hill called "Petticoat Loose".

    CBÉS 0553

    Mary Shanahan

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  9. Home Cures - Sciatica

    CBÉS 0553

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    Outside Thurles, near Killinan, there was a house built, the people said, on a path to a fort.

    CBÉS 0553

    Larry Buckley, Mrs Buckley

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  11. Home Cures - Styes

    CBÉS 0553

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    Long ago there lived a family in a little thatched house.

    CBÉS 0553

    Larry Buckley, Mrs Buckley

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  13. Home Cures - Warts

    CBÉS 0553

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    Some time ago there was a family living in the country.

    CBÉS 0553

    Larry Buckley, Mrs Buckley

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  15. Home Cures - Fainting Fits or Weaknesses

    CBÉS 0553

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    One time between Fethard and Drangan there lived a farmer named Walsh who had three sons and three daughters.

    CBÉS 0553

    John Bermingham, Margaret Meehan

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  17. Home Cures - Sore Foot

    CBÉS 0553

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    Michael Fahy was lives about a mile from the "Gobán Saor" island in Lurgoe...

    CBÉS 0553

    John Bermingham, Margaret Meehan

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  19. Home Cures - Burns or Scalds

    CBÉS 0553

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    There was a very rich gentleman one time, who lived a very bad life.

    CBÉS 0553

    Mrs Buckley, Paddy Buckley

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