The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    De réir cuid des na seandaoine sa bhaile seo...

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    Micheál Ó Floinn

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    One night as Tom was coming home from the little village of Moyne...

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    Michael Flynn, Tom Banin

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    Some years ago a woman who had two beautiful children lived near Dundrum.

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    John Hayes, Mrs Ryan

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    Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater.

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    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    Tom Banin was a great story teller and at night it was a usual thing to see him...

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    Michael Flynn, Tom Banin

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    Damer Butler was a very rich man who lived near Emly

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    John Hayes, Mrs Ryan

    Emly, Co. Tipperary

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    There is a holy well near Kilshaine and there are many interesting stories...

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    John Hayes, Mrs Cremmins

    Kilshane, Co. Tipperary

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    In the townland of Bohercrowe outside this town (Tipperary) there is an old well...

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    Mrs Fleming, Paddy Cunningham

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    There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains...

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    Mrs Cunningham, Paddy Cunningham

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    Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin...

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    Mr Cunningham, Paddy Cunningham

    Lattin East, Co. Tipperary

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    It is an old custom here that any person who wanted to bring bad-luck...

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    Mr Cunningham, Paddy Cunningham

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    On Mr O'Brien's land there stands an old weather-beaten stone cross...

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    John Ryan, Paddy Cunningham

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    There is a stretch of road between the cross of Arravale...

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    Mr Cunningham, Paddy Cunningham

    Arravale, Co. Tipperary

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    One night a man was coming home from work across the fields...

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    John Ryan, Paddy Cunningham

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    Way up in the mountains near Tipperary town stands an old lake...

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    George Bunce, Patrick Hayden

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    Between Tipperary and Nenagh there stands a giant rock.

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    John Connors, Patrick Hayden

    Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

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    Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by...

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    Patrick Hayden, William Daly

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    It was late one night began old Henry Connor...

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    Henry Connor, Patrick Hayden

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    When this incident happened my father was working in a quarry.

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    Bernard Flanagan, Dan Flanagan

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    A few hundred years ago old Kerry farmer was told that he would die...

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    Dan Flanagan, Mrs Flanagan

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