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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0161

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    “When King Philip built the Armada, he had no reckoned with the speed and force of the British galleons...”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “Lough Allen, in Co. Sligo, is famed because once every sixty years, the water subsides into a big hole in the bottom of the lake.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “A strange belief about the renowned Tubarnault well of St. Patrick, which is said to have sprung up at his prayer...”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “The Fox's den is situated on Cairn's Hill. This hill is on the left hand side of the main road to Dublin.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “An old Spanish Galley came in to Sligo bay long ago to seek shelter. On coming in she foundered on a sandbank.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “It is a strange belief with the old people around Lough Gill that there is another Sligo underneath this lake.”

    CBÉS 0161

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  8. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0161

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  9. Funny Story

    CBÉS 0161

    John Clarke

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    “At the harbour mouth of Sligo there is a little desert island called"Coney Island". It was near this island this story happened.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “In the vicinity of a small seaside village called Strandhill which is about five miles outside the town of Sligo, a medium-sized town on the west coast of Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “This story was told to me by my mother Mrs E. Finnegan. It happened in Co Carlow over thirty years ago.”

    CBÉS 0161

    Mrs E. Finnegan

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    “Once upon a time and a good time it was when the means of transport were not as modern as it is today.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “Once upon a time there was an old woman who used to go to Mass every morning of her life.”

    CBÉS 0161

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    “This story is supposed to be true and is was told to me by my mother. It happened in the county of Tipperary in a place in a place called Kilmore.”

    CBÉS 0161

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  16. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0161

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  17. Games I Play

    CBÉS 0161

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  18. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0161

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  19. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0161

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  20. Local Industries

    CBÉS 0161

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