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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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    “The birds are busy building their nests at present”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Denis Fehin

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    “A mouse makes her nest in bits of paper and wisps of hay.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Denis Fehin

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    “There are a lot of stories told about ghosts-some are true others are not.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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    “It is said when Our Lord was crowned with thorns one thorn was paining him more than any of the others”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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    “A cure for the creasecollar was to look out for a man riding a white horse and say "man of the white horse what would cure the creasecollar”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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    “Long ago people used wear no boots or any stockings.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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    “In the parish of Churchtown there is an old building called the New Barn.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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    “Long ago people made their own candles.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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    “About two miles from the village of Churchtown there is a holy well.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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  10. A Halloween Custom

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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    “We had a snowstorm three years ago.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan

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    “During a snowstorm of some years ago the Mail bar which had come from Mallow to collect the mails got stuck half way between Liscarroll and Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan

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    “If you saw a lump of coal on the road you should pick it up and spit on it.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning

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    “See saw Marjorie Daw sold her bed ¶ and slept in the straw,”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Miss K. Manning

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    “My home is in the townland of Ballinaboul in the parish of Churchtown Barony of Orrery and Kilmore in the County Cork.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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    “As round as a marble ¶ As flat as a pan ¶ Half of a woman ¶ And full of a man ¶ Answer a penny”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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    “The graveyard I know best is Churchtown graveyard. It is in the townland of Churchtown.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Edmond Galligan, Mr John Murphy

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