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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. Folklore, Phonetic Spelling

    CBÉS 0159

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  2. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0159

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    “If a man and his wife were milking the cows and a stranger came into the byre...”

    CBÉS 0159

    Angela Mc Godrick

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    “When the fire is raked at night a few prayers are said the sign of the cross is made”

    CBÉS 0159

    K. Mitchell

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    “Once upon a time there lived a blacksmith named Billy James Duffy.”

    CBÉS 0159

    Patrick Rooney

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    “There was a hunt one time and they could find no hares.”

    CBÉS 0159

    Pádraic Ó Cuinneagáin

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    “When the Danes were leaving Ireland there was a man and his two sons among them.”

    CBÉS 0159

    P. Rooney

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    “Long ago the Yeomen were attacked by the O'Connors and the O'Hartes.”

    CBÉS 0159

    Micheál Ó Conchubhair, P. Rooney

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    “My dear native village, farewell to the day, when my young bosom bounded across the deep sea...”

    CBÉS 0159

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    “You dark rolling billows that part me from Erin...”

    CBÉS 0159

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    “One day a woman strapped her baby in a cradle and went to town.”

    CBÉS 0159

    Patrick Rooney

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    “There once lived a man whose daughter was taken away by the fairies...”

    CBÉS 0159

    P. Rooney

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    “Once upon a time there lived a hedge school master and he was very fond of the game "Hounds and hares".”

    CBÉS 0159

    Eibhlín Ní Mhórdha

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    “Some time ago a battle was fought on Reilly's Rock between a man named O' Reilly and a man named O'Hara his horse and leaped off the rock.”

    CBÉS 0159

    Pádraic Ó Conchubhair

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    “When Sir Frederick Hamilton's Castle was set on fire in Manorhamilton ...”

    CBÉS 0159

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    “When Sir Frederick Hamilton's Castle in Manorhamilton was set on fire...”

    CBÉS 0159

    Mícheál Ó Conchubhair, P. Rooney

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    “About seventy years ago there lived an old man in a small hut ...”

    CBÉS 0159

    Áine Ní Chuileáin, Mrs Cullen

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  18. Scéal

    CBÉS 0159

    Cáit Ní Mhistéil, Mrs Mitchell

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  19. The Wonderful Fairy Cow

    CBÉS 0159

    Kathleen Sheridan, P. Sheridan

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  20. Scéal

    CBÉS 0159

    James Sheridan, Mrs Mc Goldrich

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