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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. A Cure

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Michael Byrd

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  2. Weather-Signs

    CBÉS 0686

    Joe Collins, M. B. O' Kelly

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  3. Fairy Man

    CBÉS 0686

    James Kelly, M. B. O' Kelly

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  4. (no title)

    “This is how they use to make the mud for mud-walls of the old houses.”

    CBÉS 0686

    James Kelly, M. B. O' Kelly

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  5. Leaven Bread

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mrs Heary

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  6. Football

    CBÉS 0686

    L. Drumm, M. B. O' Kelly

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  7. Old Stones

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mr H. Heary

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  8. Customs

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mrs J. Kelly

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  9. (no title)

    “One night Paddy Reynolds - son of James Reynolds - went asleep in the same room as the Big Fellow.”

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mrs J. Reynolds

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    “In Staffordstown churchyard there is a stone and Latin is on it and Mrs Butler brought it to the garden and invited a minister from Kilmessan and one from Skryne to a garden party on the following Saturday.”

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mrs J. Kelly

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    “In Farrel's land above Walterstown, there are cropies buried in a place called the "Round O".”

    CBÉS 0686

    M. B. O' Kelly, Mrs Kelly

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