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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. Customs

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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    “In the village of Ballyskeagh there is a hill...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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    “About a mile from here there is a spring well called Tóbhair Geall.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Joe Lindsay, Michael Noone

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  4. Folklore Story

    CBÉS 0079

    Annie Burke, Mrs Daly

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    “Long ago there was a custom when a person would be dead they would put the coffin out on the cart...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Kelly, Michael Kelly

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    “In the village of Roundfield there is a fort and it is said that there a pot of gold in it...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Patrick Flaherty

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    “There once was a man and he was very poor.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Julia Coffey, Mrs Tannian

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    “In the village of Monivea there is an old bush...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Michael Noone, Peggy Lindsay

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    “It is said that there was a sand pit in the village of Roundfield a very long time ago...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Johhny Dolan, John Coffey

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    “There is a bully stone outside Killmoy graveyard...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Peggy Mullin, Walty Mullin

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    “There once was a man living near Athenry and he was very poor...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Annie Burke, Mrs Daly

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    “There once lived in Roundfield a poor girl and her father was dead...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Joe Cullen, Mrs Daly

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    “There is an old hill in the village of Ballyskea and it is called Biddey Earls hill...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Kelly, Michael Kelly

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    “There was a old hawthorn bush in the village of Roundfield...”

    CBÉS 0079

    John Kileen, Julia Coffey

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    “There once was a man and he was coming from a visit and he met a man on the road...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Moran, Mrs Moran

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    “There once lived an old woman near Ryehill who was very poor.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Annie Burke, Mrs Daly

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    “It is said that there was a big stone in Currintarmidh and that a man tried to dig it up but he failed...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Mrs Murphy, Tommy Murphy

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    “Long ago when the people used to see the blue lights in the fire they used to say that it was the sign of bad weather...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Kathleen Kelly, Michael Kelly

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    “Long ago the old people used to go up to the bogs and they used to pick rushes...”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Moran, Mrs Moran

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    “Long ago the people used to make mats of straw for the doors when the wind would be blowing.”

    CBÉS 0079

    Delia Moran, Mrs Morrow

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