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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. Weather Signs

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell

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  2. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell, Mrs Mitchell

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    “There are a good deal of festivals in the year.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell, Mrs Mitchell

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    “We have a churn at home, it is on a wooden stand, it is on a wooden stand, it is on four feet, it is three feet high and two feet wide it is on an iron axel.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell

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    “Long ago children would not wear shoes until they would be big, hen they would buy them, and sometimes they would not wear them in the summer or winter.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell, Tom Mitchell

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    “There are two tailors in the district and they work at their homes.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell, Mrs Chambers

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    “Long ago the people used to eat three meals a day, they used to eat porridge in the morning, potatoes and butter milk at one o'clock and in the evening they used to eat oat meal cakes and fresh milk.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell

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    “Once upon a time there were two men in a house and they were saying who would be at home first.”

    CBÉS 0176

    Allen Mitchell, Fred Chambers

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