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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. Old Stories

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    Jeremiah Ryan, Patrick Ryan

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  2. Old Stories

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    Kathleen Moloney

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  3. Old Stories

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    Kathleen Moloney

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  4. Old Stories

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    Kathleen Moloney

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  5. Old Stories

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    Kathleen Moloney

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  6. Old Stories

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    Kathleen Moloney

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  7. Old Stories

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    James Conlon

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  8. Old Stories

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    Patrick Ryan

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  9. Old Stories

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    Joyce Healy

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  10. Old Stories

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    Joyce Healy

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  11. Old Stories

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    Mary Moloney

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  12. Another Story

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    Patrick Ryan

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    “There was a man who was a great murderer and the guards were after him.”

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    Patrick Ryan

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    “There was a man one time who was saving hay and the hay was very bad.”

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    Patrick Ryan

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    “There was a man working with Mr Burke in Coolready.”

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    James Ryan, Patrick Ryan

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    “Once upon a time there was a little boy, and his father died.”

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    Patrick Healy, Philip Healy

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    “There was once a man who went to a wood to cut a tree.”

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    Michael Mc Namara

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    “There was a stone one time, and three men made up their minds to lift it.”

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    Seamas O' Brien, Thomas O' Brien

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    “Once upon a time there was a poor old woman going around, and one night she went into a chapel to sleep.”

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    Kathleen Foley

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    “Once upon a time there lived a poor old wood-cutter, who was very poor.”

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    Kathleen Foley

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