The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0766

    John Duffy, Matt Duffy

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  2. My Home District

    CBÉS 0766

    John Mc Cormac, Matt Duffy

    Ballyduffy, Co. Longford

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  3. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0766

    John Boylan, John C. Reilly

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  4. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0766

    Ben Corrigan, Bernard Corrigan

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  5. Churning

    CBÉS 0766

    John Boylan, John C. Reilly

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  6. Fishing in Lough NaBrack

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly, Patrick Duffy

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  7. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly, John Masterson

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  8. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0766

    Thomas Gray

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  9. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0766

    Eugene Kiernan

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  10. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly, Mrs Mary Duffy

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  11. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly

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  12. How to Make Boxty

    CBÉS 0766

    Matt Duffy

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  13. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0766

    Eugene Kiernan

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  14. Riddles with Answers

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly

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  15. The Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly, John Sheridan

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  16. The Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0766

    Peter Reilly, Tom Sheridan

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  17. Inch Graveyard

    CBÉS 0766

    John C. Reilly

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  18. The Mass

    CBÉS 0766

    Farrell Corcoran, Francis Doyle

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  19. Lough Gowna - Jasper Island

    CBÉS 0766

    Farrell Corcoran

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  20. A Wishing Well

    CBÉS 0766

    Francis Doyle

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