The Schools’ Collection

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

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    Long ago there was a college in Lattin...

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    Bernard Flanagan, Dan Flanagan

    Lattin East, Co. Tipperary

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    Years ago near Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden...

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    When a person dies in a house there is always a "wake" the night after he dies.

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    John Ryan, Paddy Cunningham

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    Once when my grandfather was going to a fair he saw a big big bird...

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    Mr Quinn, Paddy Cunningham

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    A few of the young from the locality of Clogheen were going out to America...

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    Mrs O' Leary, Paddy Cunningham

    Clogheen, Co. Tipperary

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    When my mother was a young girl she was in a hay-field one day...

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    Mrs Cunningham, Paddy Cunningham

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    Years ago near the town of Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden...

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    Dan Flanagan, Patrick Whalen

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    Some years ago when my father was a young boy in county Galway...

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    Bernard Flanagan, Dan Flanagan

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    Long ago there was an old moate in Devereux farm...

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    Bernard Flanagan, Dan Flanagan

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    Not far from this town there stands an old fort...

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    When St. Patrick was going through Munster preaching the Gospel...

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    Denis Sullivan, Tim Sullivan

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    Every three years crowds of invalids flock to a holy well...

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    Patrick Hayden, Timothy Sullivan

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    High up in the Galtee Mountain there lies a lake which holds the last Serpent...

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    Mrs J. Sullivan, Tim Sullivan

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    Long ago, when tinkers were plentiful, a crafty tinker came to an undertakers...

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    Mr J. Sullivan, Tim Sullivan

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    A strange ailment came to a young man who owned a small farm in Garryduff.

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    John Mac Carthy, Mrs M. Mac Carthy

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    One day, my grandmother, who was born and reared in the country, paid a visit to us.

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    John Mac Carthy

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    Not far from the Rock of Thorm there is a hill called Slieve Muc.

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    John Mac Carthy

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    Long ago, before creameries were started, the country folk made their own butter.

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    John Mac Carthy, Mrs M. Mac Carthy

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    It is a popular legend in the vicinity of Aherlow that St. Patrick...

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    John Mac Carthy, Mrs M. Mac Carthy

    Aherlow, Co. Tipperary

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    One night a man who was a stranger was going down a road for a walk...

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    John Fitzgerald, Mr Fitzgerald

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