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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. Granuaile

    CBÉS 0197

    Bartly Roomey, John Kenny

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  2. The Cry

    CBÉS 0197

    John Kenny

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  3. A Potheen Ballad

    CBÉS 0197

    John Kenny

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  4. Local Superstitions

    CBÉS 0197

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  5. Local Songs - Tottenham's Fair

    CBÉS 0197

    John Kenny

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  6. Pat from Donegal

    CBÉS 0197

    John Maguire, Nuala Kenny

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    “There was once two brothers, Jack and Paddy.”

    CBÉS 0197

    Mrs Gracie Mawn, Nuala Kenny

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  8. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0197

    Nuala Kenny

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  9. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0197

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  10. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 0197

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  11. Riddles

    CBÉS 0197

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  12. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0197

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  13. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0197

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    “Jack McGuinness was a young lad who had a great notion of girls and there would be no dance without him.”

    CBÉS 0197

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    “John's father was working on a gentleman's estate and this lad used to bring his meals to his father and anything he could steal or get 'handy' he always took it.”

    CBÉS 0197

    Mrs Gracie Mawn

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  16. Local Songs - The Lovely Melvin Side

    CBÉS 0197

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  17. Ireland

    CBÉS 0197

    Nuala Kenny

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    “As an illustatration of the fact that here in Co. Leitrim we were only just losing the Gaelic tongue ...”

    CBÉS 0197

    Nuala Kenny

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