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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. Special Feast Days

    CBÉS 0248

    John Jennings, Mary Fleming

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  2. Scéal

    CBÉS 0449

    Mary Fleming

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0454

    John Fleming, Mary Fleming

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  4. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0454

    John Fleming, Mary Fleming

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  5. My Home District

    CBÉS 0454

    John Fleming, Mary Fleming

    Milleen, Co. Kerry

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  6. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0634

    Mary Fleming, William Fleming

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    “In the Castle grounds there are very ancient Cloisters situated.”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mary Fleming

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    “There is a great underground passage about two miles long in Headland Way (a field in the Gormanstown Demesne...”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mary Fleming

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    “There is a wood called Hopyard in the Gormanstown Demesne where Hops were grown years ago.”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mary Fleming

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    “Convenient to the village of Gormanstown there is a place called Legdoory, and in it are the remains of an old flour mill...”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mary Fleming

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    “There has always been a legend about the Gormanstown family that foxes leave their neighbouring coverts and...”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mary Fleming

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  12. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  13. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  14. In the Penal Times

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  15. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  16. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  17. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  18. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  19. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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  20. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0907

    Mary Fleming

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