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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. Story

    CBÉS 0178

    Michael Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  2. Folklore

    CBÉS 0178

    Michael Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  3. Folklore

    CBÉS 0178

    Michael Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  4. Folklore

    CBÉS 0178

    Mary Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  5. Story

    CBÉS 0178

    Mary Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  6. A Story

    CBÉS 0185

    Margaret Mc Donagh, Mrs Gallagher

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  7. Story

    CBÉS 0187

    Mary Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  8. (no title)

    “About a hundred years ago the people used to make their own toys such as dolls and ships and kites.”

    CBÉS 0190

    Mrs Gallagher

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  9. Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0200

    Kathleen Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  10. Jams

    CBÉS 0200

    Kathleen Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

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  11. Home District

    CBÉS 0201

    Kathleen Gallagher, Mrs Gallagher

    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim

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  12. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0202

    Mrs Gallagher

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  13. Another Story about Lynches Grey Mare that Robbed all the Purses below in Donegal

    CBÉS 0218

    Mrs Gallagher

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  14. Buried Treasure at Cloonshanville

    CBÉS 0234

    Mrs Gallagher, Thomas Gallagher

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  15. (no title)

    “There is a fairy fort in the townland of Portahand, Frenchpark.”

    CBÉS 0234

    Mrs Gallagher, Thomas Gallagher

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  16. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0234

    Mrs Gallagher, Tom Gallagher

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  17. Old Crafts

    CBÉS 0770

    James O' Rourke, Mrs Gallagher

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  18. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0821

    Mrs Gallagher, Noel Delaney

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  19. A Story

    CBÉS 1025

    M. Cassidy, Mrs Gallagher

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  20. (no title)

    “If any person wants to get rid of a birth mark let him or her touch a dead person's body...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Brendan Rocks, Mrs Gallagher

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