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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. Stage Coach Inn

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary Bray

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    “There is a big stone in a field near Delvin, one day a little girl was the stone and she saw a little white comb and she picked it up and brought it home and showed it to her mother.”

    CBÉS 0726

    Kathleen Murray

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  3. A Local Martyr

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary K. Lynch

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  4. Scarden

    CBÉS 0726

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  5. Holy Well

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary K. Lynch

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  6. Scarden

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary A. Callan

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  7. Giant's Rock

    CBÉS 0726

    Nellie Monaghan

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  8. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0726

    Kathleen Murray, Mary Ann Callan

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  9. Killough

    CBÉS 0726

    Maggie Callan

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  10. Local Proverbs

    CBÉS 0726

    Kathleen Murray, Mary Ann Callan

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary Anne Callan

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  12. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0726

    Kathleen Murray

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  13. My Home District

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary Anne Callan

    Williamstown (Rochford), Co. Westmeath

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    “Some years ago when men were engaged in cleaning turf banks in Martinstown bog, they discovered flax and an implement for pressing flax and some butter dishes.”

    CBÉS 0726

    Ellen Monaghan

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  15. A Story

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary Keegan

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  16. An Old House

    CBÉS 0726

    Celine Bezzanno

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  17. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0726

    Mary A. Callan

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  18. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0726

    Celine Bezzanno

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  19. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0726

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  20. Local Cures - Heart Trouble

    CBÉS 0726

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