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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. Food in Olden Times

    CBÉS 0053

    John Griffin

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  2. Signs of the Weather

    CBÉS 0078

    John Griffin, Michael Carr, Mrs K Carr, Paddy Burke, Pat Burke, Patrick Griffin

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  3. Marriages

    CBÉS 0078

    John Griffin, Patrick Griffin

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  4. Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0078

    John Griffin, Paddy Griffin

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  5. Landlords

    CBÉS 0078

    John Griffin, Paddy Griffin

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  6. (no title)

    “In the parish of Kilbrittain long ago there lived a man and after his supper he went for a walk down his own lane.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Ellen Griffin, John Griffin

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  7. A Story

    CBÉS 0313

    John Griffin, Mrs Ellen Griffin

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  8. Weather Signs

    CBÉS 0313

    John Griffin, Mrs Griffin

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  9. An Old Scythe Cutter

    CBÉS 0313

    John Griffin, Mrs Griffin

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  10. (no title)

    “Whooping cough The old cure the people had for the whooping cough was to give the children ferret's milk to drink.”

    CBÉS 0313

    John Griffin, Mrs Griffin

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  11. Pishogues

    CBÉS 0313

    John Griffin, Mrs Ellen Griffin

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  12. Priest-Hunters

    CBÉS 0313

    Eileen Griffin, John Griffin

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  13. Sheep and Their Diseases

    CBÉS 0432

    Fin Griffin, John Griffin, T. O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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  14. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0432

    John Griffin

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  15. Score or Conacre

    CBÉS 0432

    Fin Griffin, John Griffin

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  16. Graffing

    CBÉS 0432

    Fin Griffin, John Griffin

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  17. Rea Digging

    CBÉS 0432

    Fin Griffin, John Griffin

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  18. Keel Football Team

    CBÉS 0432

    John Griffin, Thomas Fitzgearld, Timothy Hanafin

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  19. Diseases in Cows

    CBÉS 0432

    Fin Griffin, John Griffin

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  20. Poem

    CBÉS 0437

    John Griffin, Patrick Rahilly

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