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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. Riddles

    CBÉS 0731

    Mrs Doherty, Rosaleen Doherty

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  2. Fairy Music

    CBÉS 0765

    Mrs Doherty

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  3. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0769

    Mrs Doherty, Thomas Doherty

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  4. Forts

    CBÉS 0769

    Mrs Doherty, Thomas Doherty

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  5. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0769

    Mrs Doherty, Thomas Doherty

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  6. Severe Weather

    CBÉS 0769

    Mrs Doherty, Thomas Doherty

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  7. Scéal

    CBÉS 0770

    Mrs Doherty

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  8. Scéal

    CBÉS 0770

    Mrs Doherty

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    “Many industries which have now died out were carried on in this district.”

    CBÉS 0971

    Mrs Doherty, Nuala Mc Govern

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  10. Local Songs

    “Come on you thrifty ladies who live around the border”

    CBÉS 0971

    Maire Mc Govern, Mrs Doherty

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    “Outside Ballyshannon there are ruins of a church hidden behind a hill in which unbaptised children are buried.”

    CBÉS 1028

    Mrs Doherty

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    “The first oil lamps are remembered by many people and they were up to a few years ago in the country houses around Ballyshannon.”

    CBÉS 1028

    Mrs Doherty

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  13. Old Schools

    CBÉS 1031

    Maureen Mc Calliog, Mrs Doherty

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  14. The Little Orphan

    CBÉS 1059

    Maggie Doherty, Mrs Doherty

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  15. The Boys in Blue

    CBÉS 1096

    Kathleen Cassidy, Mrs Doherty

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  16. Castlefin

    CBÉS 1098

    Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile, Mrs Doherty

    Castlefinn, Co. Donegal

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  17. Cures - The Cure for Mumps

    CBÉS 1099

    Mrs Doherty, Rose Boland

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  18. Churning

    CBÉS 1102

    Mrs Doherty, Patricia Doherty

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  19. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 1110

    Mrs Doherty

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  20. A Song

    “Prepare again brave Irish boys”

    CBÉS 1110

    Dan Doherty, Mrs Doherty

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