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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 Story

    CBÉS 0079

    Andrew Ryan, Margaret Ryan

    Transcript

  2. My District

    CBÉS 0079

    Andrew Ryan, Margaret Ryan

    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway

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  3. Fields

    CBÉS 0079

    Andrew Ryan, Margaret Ryan

    Corramaeeagh, Co. Galway

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  4. Tramps and Pedlars

    CBÉS 0079

    Andrew Ryan, Margaret Ryan

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    “A long time ago a man was coming home late from a fair.”

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Mrs Horan

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    “A few nights ago I was talking to an old man in the neighbourhood and he was telling me some stories one of which I am now going to relate.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John Mc Carthy, Margaret Ryan

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    “A long time ago people used take their oats to Limerick. Some of them used to lodge in Boher and continue their journey the following morning.”

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Michael O Gorman

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    “I heard this story a few days ago and this is the way it begins:- There is a man in this district and when he was young a man named Thomas Hennessy took him to Tipperary.”

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Mary O Donnell

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  9. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Patrick Hanley

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  10. Pishogues

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Patrick Hanley

    Transcript

  11. Troubled Times in Newport

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan, William Bourke

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  12. Relics of Old Superstitions

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan

    Transcript

  13. Our Blessed Well in Cragg

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan

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  14. (no title)

    “The existence of a Parish Priest in Newport begins with the year 1704.”

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan, Rev. P.J. Lee

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  15. Epidemic

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan, William Bourke

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  16. Superstitious Beliefs

    CBÉS 0539

    Margaret Ryan

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  17. A Snow Storm

    CBÉS 0540

    Margaret Ryan, Mr Martin Kennedy

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  18. Butter-Making in the Distirct

    CBÉS 0540

    Margaret Ryan

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  19. Weaving

    CBÉS 0540

    Margaret Ryan, Mrs Ellen Ryan

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  20. November Eve

    CBÉS 0540

    Margaret Ryan

    Transcript