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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. Customs (on the Occasion of Deaths, Burials and Births) Still More or Less Prevalent in this District

    CBÉS 0507

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  2. Customs at Births etc

    CBÉS 0507

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  3. Customs - Births

    CBÉS 0507

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  4. Baptisms

    CBÉS 0514

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  5. Baptisms

    CBÉS 0514

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  6. Birth

    CBÉS 0542

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  7. Birthmarks

    CBÉS 0596

    Mrs William Macnamara

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  8. Birthmarks

    “Mrs G-, Rosroe, Sixmilebridge, Co.Clare was carrying a child at the time.”

    CBÉS 0596

    Miss Jessie Gilligan

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  9. Birthmarks

    “Mrs. G-. Quin, Co.Clare, got her teeth taken out in Ennis, while she was carrying a baby.”

    CBÉS 0596

    M.K. Carmody

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  10. Birthmarks

    “The touch of a dead man's hand is said to remove a birthmark.”

    CBÉS 0596

    Mrs Pat Kelly

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  11. Birth

    CBÉS 0770

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  12. Superstitions about Birthdays

    CBÉS 0772

    Rosie Mulligan

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  13. Customs at Baptism

    CBÉS 0776C

    Peter Cooley

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  14. Superstitions - Births

    CBÉS 0778

    Ena Hanks, Thomas Kelly

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  15. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Nan O' Neill

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  16. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Kitty Bagnall

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  17. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Anna Coleman, Mrs Coleman

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  18. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Rosaleen Lallaway

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  19. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Kitty Bagnall

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  20. Birth Customs

    CBÉS 0780

    Anna Coleman

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