The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. (no title)

    My father told me that in the olden days a cure for the whooping cough was to put the child affected...

    CBÉS 0780

    Annie Doyle, Mr Doyle

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  2. (no title)

    When Captain Reeves lived at Rathsallagh in a place that is now owned by Pennefeather. He and his corps were going to the hill of Usk to have a fight...

    CBÉS 0780

    Annie Doyle, Mr Doyle

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  3. Local Fields

    CBÉS 0877

    Annie Doyle, May Mc Grath

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  4. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0891

    Annie Doyle, Peter Doyle

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  5. The Famine

    CBÉS 0891

    Annie Doyle, Peter Doyle

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  6. (no title)

    There was a certain man one time who lived in Galbally.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Dan Doyle

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  7. (no title)

    There is an old field situated in Barmoney Bree and it is said that there are two giants buried in this field, and when they were dying they brought their treasures with them.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Dan Doyle

    Barmoney, Co. Wexford

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  8. (no title)

    There was a man wan time, and he was trainin' a young horse and this horse had a very long tail.

    CBÉS 0899

    Andy Doyle, Annie Doyle

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    There was a man wan time and he went to buy a calf from another man.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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  10. (no title)

    There was a man wan time and he was mowing down a field of hay.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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  11. (no title)

    There was a fella be the name of William Hornick, who lived in Kilgarvan.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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    There was a man wan time an' he was lookin' for lodgin' and he got it in a farmer's place.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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  13. (no title)

    Long ago there was a woman, she was very rich, and she had a lot of jewellery an' when she was dying she brought it all wid her.

    CBÉS 0899

    Andy Doyle, Annie Doyle

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  14. (no title)

    Long ago there was a bonfire at Nash an' wan evenin' there were a lot of people dancin' around it.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Daniel Doyle

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  15. (no title)

    There was a man by the name of Paul Roche from Barmoney, Bree, an' he was comin' home from ramblin' wan night.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, James Connolly

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  16. (no title)

    One evening as I was comin' home from town, I saw a lepracaun in a marigold field, and just as I was near him, I took my eye off him, an' he disappeared.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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  17. (no title)

    I was pumpin' my bike at the bridge of Scar wan night, an' I heard a big roar, an' I looked around an' I saw a little man about two foot high...

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Daniel Doyle

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  18. (no title)

    One night there was a man be the name of Joseph Doyle comin home from ramblin' from Shelin.

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Dan Doyle

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  19. (no title)

    There was a man be the name of James Kehoe comin' home from ramblin' wan night, an' he saw a light comen through the fields in the distance...

    CBÉS 0899

    Annie Doyle, Dan Doyle

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  20. Stories

    CBÉS 0900

    Annie Doyle, Michael Nugent

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