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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. Story about Giants

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, Nuala Doherty

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    “On one occasion a woman was coming from visiting a friend's house. She was passing Menbanon Bridge (which is three miles from our school) and saw gold sovereigns lying on the road.”

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, Nuala Doherty

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 1072

    Agnes Kerr, James Gallagher

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  4. St Brigid's Eve

    CBÉS 1072

    Fanny Conaghan, Mrs Duggan

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  5. Some Old Cures

    CBÉS 1072

    Annie Coll

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  6. Poteen-Making

    CBÉS 1072

    Ellen Doohan, John Conaghan

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  7. Danny Hewettson

    CBÉS 1072

    John Conaghan, John Doherty

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  8. Another Story about Poteen-Making

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, Nuala Doherty

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    “Near to the town of Buncranna in the peninsula of Inishowen at a spot where a little river flows into the sea there once stood a castle in the days of long ago. It was at this period that the Danes or Northmen as thy were called were plundering the coasts”

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, John Doherty

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  10. Colmcille

    CBÉS 1072

    Barney Doohan, Ellen Doohan

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  11. Haunted Places

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, John Doherty

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    “There lived in Derryveagh a man named O Donnell who was considered a great pikes man. The pike was commonly used as a weapon in those days and it was considered a great offence for a man to own one.”

    CBÉS 1072

    Agnes Kerr, John Harkin

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    “Now on an island in Gartan lake Godfrey O Donnell spent a year in retirement dying from wounds he received at the battle of Credrean Hill near Sligo.”

    CBÉS 1072

    Barney Doohan, Ellen Doohan

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    “In the vicinity of Lough Salt two wolves roamed about. The people say that they could change themselves into human beings at will.”

    CBÉS 1072

    Agnes Kerr, Dan Kelly

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    “The people in some localities are very superstitious. Now I often heard my people at home telling of others they knew who would not lace one shoe before putting on the other for fear of St. Colmcille's curse.”

    CBÉS 1072

    James Doherty, Nuala Doherty

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