The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Pin Factory

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    About a mile from Dundalk on the Ardee Road there is a place called Cambruicville...

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    In Dundalk there is a place called "Gallows Hill" because there was a Gallows on it...

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    If a person has whopping cough he should pass under the stomach of a piebald horse...

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs J. Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    About the year 1740 a number of priests on the run were passing through the Demesne...

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs J. Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    About fifty years ago a man names Copas had a cat called Felix.

    CBÉS 0661

    Mrs Copas, Oliver Crossan

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    When wild geese go back to the sea, good weather is coming.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mrs Verdon

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    When a large number of seagulls settle in a field it is a sign that there is bad weather coming.

    CBÉS 0661

    D. Carmody, John Cooney

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    When the majority of a herd of cows lie down in a field, there is going to be rain.

    CBÉS 0661

    J. Smith, John Cooney

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    When a cat turns his tail to the fire in the morning there is going to be rain through the day.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, John Smith

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    In the country it is considered lucky to be married on a Wednesday...

    CBÉS 0661

    D. Carmody, John Cooney

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    To cure a stye on your eye go into a pigsty three times...

    CBÉS 0661

    Hilda Cooney, John Cooney

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    To cure a whopping cough wear a red ribbon (round your neck) given to you by your godfather or godmother.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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    It is said that if you kill a weasel your fowl will be killed.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mr Carmody

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    To cure a whooping cough, eat a piece of bread, butter and sugar given to you by a woman who married a man of the same name.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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    If you exterminate crickets from your house you will have bad luck.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mr Carmody

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    There was a man called Sharkey who used to frequent an inn at Bellurgan called "The Blue Anchor".

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mr Cooney

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    Here is a rhyme concerning marriages.

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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    At a place called Fane Valley there is a thatcher called Paddy Biggs...

    CBÉS 0661

    John Cooney, Mr D. Carmody

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  20. Pirate Byrne's Treasure

    CBÉS 0661

    Bernard Gaughran, Mrs Gaughran

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