The Schools’ Collection

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

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    Long ago, in Collagh there was a boy who was...

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    Maureen Durkan, Mrs Joyce

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    There was a dance in certain village...

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    Maureen Durkan, Mrs Jeffers, Mrs Joyce

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  3. A Story

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    Paddy Jeffers, Thomas Jeffers

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  4. A Story

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    Paddy Jeffers, Thomas Jeffers

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  5. A Story

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    Eileen Byrne, Martin Mc Nicholas

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  6. A Story

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    Tommie Sweeney

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    Once upon a time a rich man...

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    James Brennan

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    A girl was once married...

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    Bernard Mc Nicholas

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    A man Mícheál Phadraig Ruaidh by name...

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    Tommie Sweeney

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    Nicholas Kelly and his mother...

    CBÉS 0120

    Bernard Mc Nicholas, Michael Daughtery

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    Tom Byrne and Michael Stanton were working...

    CBÉS 0120

    Bernard Mc Nicholas

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    Once a cat came into Pat Cannavan...

    CBÉS 0120

    Luke Cannavan, Tommie Sweeney

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    About half a mile from Bohola...

    CBÉS 0120

    Paddy Jeffers, Thomas Jeffers

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    There lived in a house in Shanaghy...

    CBÉS 0120

    James Brennan, Padraig Hughie Mc Nicholas

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    Long long ago..

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    James Brennan

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    About two years ago there was an...

    CBÉS 0120

    Bridgie Kelly

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  17. A True Story

    CBÉS 0120

    Delia Colgan

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    CBÉS 0120

    Luke Cannavan, T. Sweeney

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  19. A Strange Horse

    CBÉS 0120

    Luke Cannavan, T. Sweeney

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    One night John Solan from Killedan went fishing...

    CBÉS 0120

    Bryan Solan, T. Sweeney

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