The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0524

    Mr O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  2. (no title)

    Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Jack Ryan.

    CBÉS 0579

    T. O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  3. (no title)

    Many old people have old customs and this is one which I heard.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs N. O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  4. (no title)

    Many years ago Brien Boru was coming home from the battle of Sologhead.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs Ryan, Terry O' Brien

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  5. (no title)

    Many years ago a woman was making her own butter when she noticed that it was not coming to the top...

    CBÉS 0579

    Mr T. O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  6. (no title)

    Many people believe in old stories of the past and these are some.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  7. (no title)

    There is an old custom in every town in which there is a Crib.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  8. (no title)

    Many old cures are found to be very useful and this is one.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mr O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  9. (no title)

    When any old person is dead and is laid out in a bed...

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  10. (no title)

    When new houses are built and the tenents are going into them...

    CBÉS 0579

    Mr O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  11. (no title)

    If you have a blood-poisened finger...

    CBÉS 0579

    Mr T. O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  12. (no title)

    Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy.

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  13. (no title)

    If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man...

    CBÉS 0579

    Mrs O' Brien, Terry O' Brien

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  14. (no title)

    One day as I was passing a house I noticed that there was some one dead in it...

    CBÉS 0579

    Terry O' Brien

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