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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. The Wren Boys

    CBÉS 0056

    Tessie Daly

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    “The wren, the wren, The king of all birds...”

    CBÉS 0089

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  3. The Wren Boys' Day

    CBÉS 0095

    P. Masterson

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  4. The Wren Boys' Day

    CBÉS 0099

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    “The commonest birds of this district are:- the robin, the sparrow, the wren, the swallow, the blackbird, the goldfinch, the seagull, the crow, and the curlew.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Pádraig Ó Céirín

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  6. The Wren

    CBÉS 0127

    Anthony Mc Nulty, Nora Mc Nulty

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  7. The Wren Boys

    CBÉS 0137E

    Máire Ní Choineán

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  8. The Wren

    CBÉS 0138D

    Áine Ní Oistín

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  9. The Wren

    CBÉS 0138D

    Bríghid Ní Chonmacháin

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  10. The Wren

    CBÉS 0149

    Thomas Grehan

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  11. St Stephen's Day - Wren Boys' Rhyme

    CBÉS 0151

    Bridget Moyles, Mrs Mac Dermott

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  12. The Wren-Boys

    CBÉS 0160

    O. Lindsay

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  13. Folklore

    “The games I play are Hares and Hounds, Blind Man's Buff and the Wren Boy's.”

    CBÉS 0164

    Donal Giblin

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  14. The Wren-Boys

    CBÉS 0165

    Annie M. Kilcullen, Mrs J. Kilcullen

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  15. Bird-Lore - The Wren

    CBÉS 0180

    Jack Lawson

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  16. The Wren

    CBÉS 0193

    Margaret Mary Gilligan, Thomas Kelly

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  17. Bird-Lore - The Wren

    CBÉS 0200

    Mrs Annie Gillmor

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  18. The Wren Boys

    CBÉS 0203

    Bernard Harte, Thomas J. Harte

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  19. The Wren Boys

    CBÉS 0234

    John B. Tivnan

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    “Names:- Robin, Wren, Thrush, Sparrow, Tomtit, Swallow. Gold Finch, Yellow-Hammer, Lark...”

    CBÉS 0270

    Celare Tumulty, Mary F. Meares, Mrs Meares, Paddy Hannon

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