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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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  1. A Story

    “Once upon a time there was a man and he was very poor.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Michael Kelly

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  2. A Story

    “There was once a woman living in a house who was kind of sick.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Mrs Bridget Holmes

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  3. A Story

    “There was once a lazy man in a field and a few other men with him so they told him that if he would dig under this bótholán he would get a pot of gold.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Patrick Walshe

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  4. A Story

    “There was once a man and he was a protestant.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Patrick Walshe

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  5. A Story

    “There was once a man and his wife living in a little house in Shraheen.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Martin Clarke

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  6. A Story

    “There was once a man who had a tenent in a house.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Michael Gallagher

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  7. A Story

    “There was once a man coming from Ballina drunk.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Martin Brogan

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  8. Cures

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, John Staunton

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  9. Herbs

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby

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  10. A Churning

    CBÉS 0150

    Edward Kirby, Nellie Moran

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