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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. Rose

    CBÉS 0157

    Martin B. Mc Gowan

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  2. More Cures - The Cure of the Rose

    CBÉS 0190

    May Kelly, Pat Kelly

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  3. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0192

    Johnny Moore, Rose Galligan

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  4. A Story

    CBÉS 0192

    George Conboy, Rose Galligan

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  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0192

    Rose Galligan, Willie Frazer

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    “The Famine came in the year of 1845. It started because the blight came on the potatoes and the hens ceased to lay.”

    CBÉS 0192

    John Flynn, Rose Galliagan

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  7. A Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0192

    John Gilmartin, Rose Galligan

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  8. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0192

    Rose Galligan, Thomas Fox

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  9. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    CBÉS 0192

    John Downey, Rose Galligan

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  10. Local Bread

    CBÉS 0192

    Mrs Gault, Rose Galligan

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  11. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0192

    Mr James Warnock, Rose Malaniff

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  12. Hidden Treasure

    “A pot of gold is hidden under a fort bush in the townaldn of Gubaveeney”

    CBÉS 0198

    Peter Kenny, Rose Kenny

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  13. Funny Stories

    CBÉS 0198

    Margaret Kenny, Rose Kenny

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0198

    Margaret Kenny, Rose Kenny

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  15. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0198

    Peter Kenny, Rose Kenny

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  16. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0198

    Rose Kenny

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  17. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0198

    Margaret Kenny, Rose Kenny

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  18. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 0198

    Rose Kenny

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  19. Buying and Selling

    CBÉS 0198

    Rose Keany

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  20. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0198

    Margaret Kenny, Rose Kenny

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