The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. (no title)

    There was a man one time and he was very poor. ...

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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    There was a man one time and he had three sons. ...

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, John Coll

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  3. Guesses

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  4. Great Dancers

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  5. Strong Men

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Melly, Colm Ó Meallaigh, Michael Melly

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  6. Good Swimmers

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Michael Melly

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  7. Old Schools

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  8. Marriages

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  9. Names of Places

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  10. Diseases

    CBÉS 1054B

    Bridget Melly, Colm Ó Meallaigh

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    The people about here have a way to not get a thing blinked. ...

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Charles Trimble

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  12. The Famine

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Michael Melley

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  13. Roads

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  14. District

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Michael Melly

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  15. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Charles Trimble

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  16. Herbs

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Michael Melly

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  17. Potatoes

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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    The people about here always make a large bon-fire on the twenty third of June. ...

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh, Mr Michael Melly

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  19. Horses

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Melly, Colm Ó Meallaigh

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  20. Cows

    CBÉS 1054B

    Colm Ó Meallaigh

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