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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 Long Walk

    CBÉS 0231

    Mrs Crowley

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  2. Ships Lost in the Harbour

    CBÉS 0278

    Máire Ní Mhurchadha, Maureen Murphy, Mrs Crowley

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  3. Home Cures

    CBÉS 0282

    Kathleen O' Sullivan, Mrs Crowley

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  4. (no title)

    “If you want a cream coloured article not to fade, boil it and put a fist of hay in the water.”

    CBÉS 0282

    Janie Holand, Mrs Crowley

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  5. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0303

    Eileen Crowley, Mrs Crowley

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  6. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0303

    Eileen Crowley, Mrs Crowley

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  7. My Home District

    CBÉS 0303

    Eileen Crowley, Mrs Crowley

    Inchafune, Co. Cork

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  8. Caoin

    CBÉS 0304

    B. O' Connell, Mrs Crowley

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  9. Matchmaking

    CBÉS 0304

    B. O' Connell, Mrs Crowley

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  10. Curing the Insane Woman

    CBÉS 0309

    Mrs Crowley

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  11. Weather Signs

    CBÉS 0312

    Mrs Crowley, Nancy Crowley

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  12. Cures

    CBÉS 0312

    Mrs Crowley, Nancy Crowley

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  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0312

    Mrs Crowley, Nancy Crowley

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  14. Food

    CBÉS 0312

    Mrs Crowley, Nancy Crowley

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  15. (no title)

    “About sixty years ago there was a yearly fair held in Kilbrittain village during the month of Nov.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Michael O' Regan, Mrs Crowley, Timothy Crowley

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  16. (no title)

    “In the parish of Kilbrittain there are three graveyards, namely, Kilbrittain, Rathclarin and Currawrane.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Crowley, Timothy Crowley

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  17. (no title)

    “Some years ago there were a great many men and women travelling around the country from house to house.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Crowley, Timothy Crowley

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  18. (no title)

    “I lie in my bed as I will lie in my grave.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Crowley, Timothy Crowley

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  19. A Story

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Crowley, Timothy Crowley

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  20. (no title)

    “When you hear others whistling it is the sign of wet weather.”

    CBÉS 0313

    Mrs Crowley, Tim Crowley

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