The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Local Happening - A Boat-Wreck

    CBÉS 0287

    Lucille Sweetnam, Mr L. Sweetnam

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  2. The Seven Glavins and the Mermaid

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Thomas Allen, Nellie Allen

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  3. A Mermaid Who Saved Two Men from Drowning

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Carty, Nellie Allen

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  4. Story - How the Fairies Carried Away John's Cow

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Henry Allen, Thomas Hegarty

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  5. Story - The Lazy Beauty and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Michael Allen, Thomas Hegarty

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  6. Story - The Farmer and the Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Michael Allen, Thomas Hegarty

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  7. Story - The Farmer and the Leprechaun

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr John Bohan, Nellie Allen

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  8. Local Happening - A Child Scalded

    CBÉS 0287

    Sadie Roycraft

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  9. Story

    CBÉS 0287

    Lucille Sweetnam, Mr Luke Sweetnam

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  10. Castles

    CBÉS 0287

    Lillian Jermyn

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  11. Story

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Edward Draper, Thomas R. Nixon

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  12. Travelling People

    CBÉS 0287

    Sadie Roycraft

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  13. Local Happening - Story of Drowning

    CBÉS 0287

    Nellie Allen

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  14. Local Happening - Shed and Hay Burning

    CBÉS 0287

    Sadie B. Roycraft

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  15. November Night - All Hallows Eve

    CBÉS 0287

    Lillian Jermyn

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  16. Story - Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0287

    Violet Hunt

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  17. Story

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr William Roycroft, Sadie Roycraft

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  18. Matchmaking and Weddings

    CBÉS 0287

    Violet Hunt

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  19. Story

    CBÉS 0287

    Lucille Sweetnam, Mr Luke Sweetnam

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  20. Funny Story - Local Hero

    CBÉS 0287

    Edith Grace Roycroft

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