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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. Weather

    CBÉS 0003

    Bridie Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  2. Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0003

    Bridie Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0029

    Eamon Hall, Mrs Moloney

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  4. The Famine

    CBÉS 0040

    Martin Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  5. The Food of the Olden Times

    CBÉS 0040

    Martin Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  6. Landlords

    CBÉS 0040

    Martin Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  7. Herb Cures

    CBÉS 0385

    Mrs Moloney, Nora Moloney

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  8. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0492

    Liam Ó Maoldomhnaigh, Mrs Moloney

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  9. My Home District

    CBÉS 0552

    Eileen Moloney, Mrs Moloney

    Buaile na hAbha, Co. Thiobraid Árann

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  10. Cows

    CBÉS 0554

    Mrs Delaney, Mrs Halloran, Mrs Moloney

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  11. Butter

    CBÉS 0554

    Mrs Delaney, Mrs Lonergan, Mrs Moloney

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  12. Eggs

    CBÉS 0554

    Mrs Moloney, Paddy Halloran, W. Nash

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  13. Local Omens

    CBÉS 0554

    Bridget Moloney, Mrs Lonergan, Mrs Moloney, Tom Power

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    “In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  15. (no title)

    “One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  16. (no title)

    “Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  17. (no title)

    “Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  18. (no title)

    “The old people had a lot of customs...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  19. (no title)

    “This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  20. (no title)

    “It is said that the head less coach used to pass through a certain village once a year.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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