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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. Story

    CBÉS 0880

    Kevin Murphy

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  2. The Ferry

    CBÉS 0880

    James Redmond

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  3. Story - St Ibar

    CBÉS 0880

    Edward O' Neill

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  4. The Slaughter in the Friary

    CBÉS 0880

    Rory Whelan

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  5. O'Rourke the Blacksmith

    CBÉS 0880

    Michael Lacey

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  6. St Ibar

    CBÉS 0880

    Richard Goold

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  7. The Cobbler's Hole

    CBÉS 0880

    Peter Crosbie

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    “It is said that a man and a woman were always fighing with each other...”

    CBÉS 0880

    James Cullen

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  9. Cromwell in Wexford

    CBÉS 0880

    Luke Fenlon

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  10. A Boy Martyr

    CBÉS 0880

    Michael Frazer

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  11. When A Person Dies

    CBÉS 0880

    Edward O' Neill

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  12. When A Person Dies

    CBÉS 0880

    Michael Frazer

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    “It is said that one of Cromwell's soldiers is buried in one of the churchyards...”

    CBÉS 0880

    John Reville

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    “There is a soldier up in The Faythe graveyard...”

    CBÉS 0880

    Thomas Murphy

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    “When a a person is dead and his eyes are open somebody puts two pennies on his eyes...”

    CBÉS 0880

    James Redmond

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    “It was an old custom with the Irish people long ago...”

    CBÉS 0880

    Joseph Layne

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  17. (no title)

    “The relatives of the dead person are the nearest to the hearse at the funeral.”

    CBÉS 0880

    Patrick Hanton

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  18. (no title)

    “It is a custom to put a rosary beads...”

    CBÉS 0880

    James Bright

    Transcript

  19. Saint David

    CBÉS 0880

    Patrick Hanton

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  20. Names of Places in Wexford

    CBÉS 0880

    James Bright

    Wexford, Co. Wexford

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