The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Ghost Stories - A Strange Procession

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr Mc Loughlin, Patrick Bagnall

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  2. The Stray Sod

    CBÉS 0681

    Miss A. Walsh, Patrick Bagnall

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  3. Humpy Jack Madden

    CBÉS 0681

    Mrs Mc Loughlin, Patrick Bagnall

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  4. The Dandelion Clock

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr G. Bagnall, Patrick Bagnall

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  5. The Blessed Sacrament

    CBÉS 0681

    Mrs Mc Loughlin, Patrick Bagnall

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  6. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0681

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  7. The Jump at Platten Rocks

    CBÉS 0681

    Mrs Condra

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  8. The Tinsmith and the Thieves

    CBÉS 0681

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    About forty years ago an old man between 70 and 80 years lived in the village of Shallon.

    CBÉS 0681

    B. O' Gorman, Mr W. O' Gorman

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  10. (no title)

    A young man was going home from Drogheda to Bellewstown one night.

    CBÉS 0681

    B. O' Gorman, Mr W. O' Gorman

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  11. (no title)

    On a little hill called the Mullach near Bellewstown there is a rock.

    CBÉS 0681

    Brendan O' Gorman, Mr W. O' Gormans

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  12. (no title)

    There are three rocks on top of Bellewstown hill, each about one quarter of a mile apart.

    CBÉS 0681

    Brendan O' Gorman, Mr W. O' Gorman

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    There is a round stone near Clough Patrick on the Collon Road.

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr W. O' Gorman

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    About ten yards from St. Patrick's Well in Drogheda there is a round flat stone in the ground with the imprint of four fingers and a thumb.

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr A. Mc Quillan

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  15. (no title)

    In Kilsharven about 70 years ago there was a linen mill.

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr W. O' Gorman

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    Near Kilsharvan on a hill there was a gate leading into a field.

    CBÉS 0681

    Mr W. O' Gorman

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  17. (no title)

    Many years ago a very old woman lived alone in a cottage.

    CBÉS 0681

    Mrs A. Walsh, P. Bagnall

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  18. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0681

    Mrs Mc Eneaney

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  19. The Tale of Maura Gargan

    CBÉS 0681

    Kathrine Donnelly

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  20. The Big Black Dog

    CBÉS 0681

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