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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. Folklore - Place Names Explained

    CBÉS 0015

    Mrs Duffy, Peggy Geraghty

    Creggs, Co. Galway

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0034

    Mrs Duffy, Rita Duffy

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  3. (no title)

    “Some time ago, there lived a giant in Belmont and another in Cnocma.”

    CBÉS 0041

    Mrs Duffy

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  4. Religious Stories

    CBÉS 0113

    Mrs Duffy, Teresa Lydon

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  5. Prayer

    CBÉS 0114

    Kathleen Doherty, Mrs Duffy

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  6. Prayer

    CBÉS 0114

    Kathleen Doherty, Mrs Duffy

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  7. Prayer

    CBÉS 0114

    Kathleen Doherty, Mrs Duffy

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0114

    Annie Mc Donagh, Mrs Duffy

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  9. Prayer

    CBÉS 0114

    Kathleen Doherty, Mrs Duffy

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  10. A Song of the Dawn

    “The song I sing, is a song of home,”

    CBÉS 0114

    Mollie Doherty, Mrs Duffy

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  11. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0116

    Brigid O' Brian, Mrs Duffy

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  12. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0117

    Mary Rogers, Mrs Duffy

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  13. Place Names

    CBÉS 0120

    M. J. Mc Donnell, Mary Duffy, Mrs Duffy, Mrs Gibbons

    Turlough, Co. Mayo

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  14. Story

    CBÉS 0138C

    Joe Scahill, Mrs Duffy

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  15. Tricks that Used to Be Played on Halloween

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs Duffy

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    “In the parish of Columcille, Longford about fifteen miles from here lived a girl forty years ago who went to her room and refused to take any food.”

    CBÉS 0228

    Mrs Duffy, Thomas Slevin

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  17. The Leipreachán

    CBÉS 0441

    Anne Hurley, Mrs Duffy

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  18. King William's Glen

    CBÉS 0679

    Mary Kelly, Mrs Duffy

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  19. Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0747

    Mary Casey, Mrs Duffy

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  20. Old Stories Told to Children by Their Mothers - The Horned Woman

    CBÉS 0747

    Mrs Duffy, Willie Conaughton

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