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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. Trades of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  2. Marriages of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  3. Marriages of Long Ago

    “Long ago the people used to get married at Shrove time.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  4. (no title)

    “Cappamoyle is the name of this village...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  5. Cures of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  6. (no title)

    “The potatoes are best sown on fairly good ground because they enrich the soil.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  7. Legends of the Holy Family

    “When St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin were journeying through the desert with Our Lord they came to an old tree...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  8. Fairs

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  9. A Widow's Son

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  10. The Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  11. An Gobán Saor

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  12. Contests

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  13. Holly

    CBÉS 0079

    Gertrude Curran, John Curran

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  14. Folklore

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran, John J. Curran

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  15. Folklore

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran, John J. Curran

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  16. Folklore

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran, John J. Curran

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  17. (no title)

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran, John J. Curran

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  18. Folklore

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran

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  19. Folklore

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran

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  20. (no title)

    “There was a man there long ago and he had the name of a great thief, and when he did the priest wouldn't pray for him.”

    CBÉS 0426

    John Curran

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