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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. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0984

    Annie Moore, Mrs Thornton

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  2. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Mr M. Dowling

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  3. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0984

    Eilish Calders, Mrs Sheridan

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  4. The Local Forges

    CBÉS 0984

    Molly O' Shea, Mrs O' Shea

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  5. The Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0984

    Helen Leddy

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  6. Collection of Prayers

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Mrs Kiernan

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  7. Bread

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Mrs Matthews

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  8. Flummery Bread

    CBÉS 0984

    Molly O' Shea, Mrs Colum

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  9. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0984

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  10. A Local Song

    “Good evening to you all my boys”

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Mr M. Dowling

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  11. A Local Song

    “Here we live in Enaghan”

    CBÉS 0984

    Molly O' Shea, Mr Davis

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  12. A Local Song

    “The Brenanns are not working”

    CBÉS 0984

    Helen Leddy, Mrs Leddy

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  13. A Local Song

    “As I walked down through Arva town I saw in red quite plain.”

    CBÉS 0984

    Philomena O' Reilly

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  14. A Local Song

    “Ye residents of Arva I pray ye lend an ear.”

    CBÉS 0984

    Imelda Mulligan, Mrs Mulligan

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  15. A Story

    CBÉS 0984

    Molly O' Shea, Mrs Colum

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  16. A Story

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Mrs Kiernan

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  17. A Story

    CBÉS 0984

    Mrs O' Reilly, Philomena O' Reilly

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  18. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0984

    Kitty Matthews, Miss A. Reilly

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  19. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0984

    Mr T. Lynch, Tessie Farrelly

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    “An owl is seen on the 28th of October every year in the corn mill in Arva...”

    CBÉS 0984

    Miss Eilin Cassidy, Peggy O' Shea

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