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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. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0695

    Patrick Conneely

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  2. A Hidden Treasure

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    John Bird

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  3. A Hidden Treasure

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    William Rispin

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  4. Funny Story

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    John Pender

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  5. Funny Story

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    Michael Gaffney

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    “About a mile from Kildalkey there is a hill...”

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    James Corrigan

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  7. Holy Wells

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    Bernard Reilly

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  8. Holy Wells

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    Patrick Murray

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  9. Holy Wells

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    Michael Gaffney

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  10. Funny Riddles

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  11. Local Cures

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  12. Local Poets

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  13. Local Poets

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    M. O' Farrell

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  14. Local Songs

    “I'll sing you a song of a big tom cat.”

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    Patrick Newman

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  15. Local Songs

    “But when I came to Kearneys I found a great surprise.”

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    Patrick Newman

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  16. Local Songs

    “One evening for pleasure I once took a stroll”

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    Patrick Newman

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  17. Local Songs

    “Alas the page of Moore's this is craped in garl of woe.”

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    James Simons

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  18. Local Songs

    “There is one doctor Dolan, A story, I will tell, If you'd only listen to me just as I tell.”

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  19. Local Songs

    “My name is James Reagan, I am doing the best I can, I bought a noble engine, And it pleases every man.”

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  20. Local Songs

    “I am lonely to-night oh! my sad heat is aching”

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    Patrick Newman

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