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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. Birds

    CBÉS 0940

    Charlie Mitchell

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  2. Churning

    CBÉS 0940

    Muriel Mitchell

    Transcript

  3. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

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  4. Signs of Wet Weather

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

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  5. Fine Weather

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    Transcript

  6. Other Indications of Weather

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    Transcript

  7. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0940

    Charlie Mitchell

    Transcript

  8. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0940

    Roíse Ní Dhéaghain

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  9. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0940

    Muriel Mitchell

    Transcript

  10. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0940

    James Forde

    Transcript

  11. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    Transcript

  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0940

    Gertie Mitchell

    Transcript

  13. Herbs

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    Transcript

  14. Local Superstitions

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    Transcript

  15. My Home District

    CBÉS 0940

    Willie Fox

    An Chorr Liath, Co. Mhuineacháin

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    “About fifty years ago there lived near the village of Ballytrain (a small village about two English miles from this school) a woman whose name was Rosie Carragher.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Roíse Ní Dhéaghain

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  17. Local Proverbs

    CBÉS 0940

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  18. An Old Graveyard

    CBÉS 0940

    Wilile Fox

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  19. Food in Olden Times in this District

    CBÉS 0940

    Henry Forde, Thomas Forde

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  20. The Local Forge

    CBÉS 0940

    Charlie Mitchell

    Transcript