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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. Spinning and Weaving

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  2. Thatching

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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    “Rope making not carried on in district.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  4. Hat-Making

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda, Mrs Haide

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    “Holohans were making flowerbeds and decided to get clay (leaf mould) from the rath.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Bill Wellwood, Liam Mac Óda

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    “There are numerous stories told in the district of people who cut bushes in raths suffering from blood poisoning caused by pricks from thorns of the bushes cut in raths.”

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  7. The Old School - Clomantagh

    CBÉS 0867

    Dick Moran, Liam Mac Óda, Tom Mac na Mara

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  8. Tubrid School

    CBÉS 0867

    Dick Moran, Liam Mac Óda

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  9. Story Refernced to Local Cures 14

    CBÉS 0867

    Edward Hickey, Liam Mac Óda

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  10. Local Wedding Customs

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  11. Local Ruins

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  12. Proverbs and Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda, Mrs J. Kelly

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  13. Mass Place Name

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda, Mac Na Mara

    Baile na Lochán, Co. Chill Chainnigh

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  14. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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  15. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0867

    Liam Mac Óda

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