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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. Folk Cures

    CBÉS 0573

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  2. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0573

    Mrs Walsh

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  3. Guarded by Pig

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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  4. Guarded by a Dead Man

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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  5. Guarded by a Black Animal like a Dog

    CBÉS 0573

    Patrick Murphy

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  6. Hidden Treasure Found

    CBÉS 0573

    Patrick Williams

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  7. Hidden Treasure

    “In one of the fields in Thomas Hickey's farm Lisfuncheon in the parish of Ballyporeen ¶ & Clogheen there are houses under the ground.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Hannah Williams

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  8. Hidden Treasure

    “There was a big house in Brackbawn (parish if Kilkenny) and it had a big cellar.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Patrick Williams

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  9. Hidden Treasure

    “A few weeks ago. Men were working at Slatterys in Carriganroe in the parish of Ballyporeen.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Patrick Williams

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    “Gold is hidden in the townland of Loughananna (parish of Kilbehenny) in a gorge beside the lodge at the western entrance to Galtee Castle occupied by Michael Keane.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Jack Cleary

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  11. Guarded by a Headless Horse

    CBÉS 0573

    Con Crotty

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  12. Guarded by a Man Dead or Alive

    CBÉS 0573

    Nicholas Condon

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    “There was some Gold hidden in Gortheen wood by Thomas White. In later years Ned and James White went digging for it.”

    CBÉS 0573

    John Moloney

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  14. Hidden Treasure - Willie Brennan the Outlaw and Betty Ní Bhroin

    CBÉS 0573

    Patrick Walsh

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  15. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0573

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  16. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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  17. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0573

    John O' Gorman

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  18. Betty's Death

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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  19. The Brennans and Betty at the Pattern of Ballysheehan

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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    “Betty Ní Bhroin with her brother Brennan were at a wake in Behenagh (parish of Kilbehenny) one night.”

    CBÉS 0573

    Maurice Fitzgerald

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