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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. Stories - Folklore

    CBÉS 0403

    Mr Denis Holly, William Holly

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    “Strange things happen in some places and sometimes things of great importance.”

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Pierce, William Holly

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    “One morning William Collins was going to a fair in Listowel”

    CBÉS 0403

    Mr William Collins, William Holly

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  4. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0403

    Thomas Egan, William Holly

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  5. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Pierce, William Holly

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  6. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Murphy, William Holly

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  7. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0403

    Dan Mc Grath, William Holly

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  8. My Home District

    “I live in the townland of Tarmons in the Parish of Tarbert and in the barony of Iraghticonnor.”

    CBÉS 0403

    Tom Egan, William Holly

    Tarmon West, Co. Kerry

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  9. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0403

    John Woods, William Holly

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  10. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0403

    John Sheehan, William Holly

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  11. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0403

    Patrick Enright, William Holly

    Tarmon West, Co. Kerry

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  12. Bread

    CBÉS 0403

    Pat Buckley, William Holly

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  13. The Old Graveyards

    CBÉS 0403

    Tom Moore, William Holly

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  14. Ruined Churches

    CBÉS 0403

    John Lyons, William Holly

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  15. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Murphy, William Holly

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  16. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Brassill, William Holly

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  17. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0403

    Paddy Brassill, William Holly

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