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

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  1. Inver Bay (South Donegal)

    CBÉS 0155

    John Cunningham, Mrs W. Cunningham

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  2. My Home District - Lugatubber

    CBÉS 0157

    Harry Currid, John Cunningham

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  3. Fairy Forts - Drum

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham, Mr Henry Currid

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  4. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham, Mr Henry Currid

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  5. Festival Customs

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham, Mr Henry Currid

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  6. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham, Mr Thady Kelly

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  7. Churning - Taking the Butter

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham, Thady Kelly

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  8. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    “We have names on some of our cows:-”

    CBÉS 0157

    Henry Currid, John Cunningham

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  9. Historical Tradition - Another Version of the Shooting

    CBÉS 0157

    Henry Currid, John Cunningham

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  10. Severe Weather - Snow

    CBÉS 0157

    Henry Currid, John Cunningham

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  11. Homemade Toys

    CBÉS 0157

    John Cunningham

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  12. The Local Landlord

    CBÉS 0157

    Henry Currid, John Cunningham

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  13. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0238

    John Cunningham, Thérèse Brennan

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  14. Penal Times

    CBÉS 0238

    John Cunningham

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  15. Holy Wells

    CBÉS 0513

    John Cunningham, Pádraig Ó Connagáin

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    “When St. Senan was dying in Scattery he left a special favour to a family named Hedderman that whatever request they asked through him would always be granted.”

    CBÉS 0629

    John Cunningham

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    “Many years ago in the days of St. Senan there lived near the lake a chieftain named Mac Tail.”

    CBÉS 0629

    John Cunningham

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  18. (no title)

    “One day as a man named Madigan was ploughing near Molougha Lake he found a large flag.”

    CBÉS 0629

    John Cunningham

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  19. Hidden Treasure

    “Once there lived in the west of County Clare a man named Muirisín Fóidre who dreamt that under Welesley Bridge in Limerick was hidden a crock of gold.”

    CBÉS 0629

    John Cunningham

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    “One day a man named Madigan was shooting near the lake and he started a hare which disappeared into a quarry close by.”

    CBÉS 0629

    John Cunningham

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