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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. The Hidden Treasure

    “In a little pocket of land in Tuam not far from a wood under an tree in the year 210 a man found a leaden box.”

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  2. Marriages of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  3. Landlords

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donell, Mary O' Donnell

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  4. Houses of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  5. A Prayer

    CBÉS 0079

    John O' Donnell, Mary O' Donnell

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  6. Seanphaidir

    CBÉS 0242

    Mary Evangeline Caron, Mary O' Donnell

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  7. A Story

    CBÉS 0440

    Hanna Trant, Mary O' Donnell

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  8. A Story

    CBÉS 0440

    Hanna Trant, Mary O' Donnell

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  9. Old Cures

    CBÉS 0507

    Kathleen Douglas, Mary O' Donnell, Mrs Douglas

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  10. Some Stories of the District

    CBÉS 0507

    Mary O' Donnell

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  11. (no title)

    “Near Croom Castle is a gate known as the "lacrosse gate" and it leads into a field known as the "lacrosse field".”

    CBÉS 0507

    Mary O' Donnell

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  12. Ballingarry Moat

    CBÉS 0510

    Mary O' Donnell, Michael Quirke

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  13. Unlucky Days

    CBÉS 0510

    Mary O' Donnell, Mrs R. O' Donnell

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  14. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0510

    Mary O' Donnell, R. O' Donnell

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  15. The Hidden Treasure in Annagurra

    CBÉS 0510

    Mary O' Donnell, Mr Clancy

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  16. (no title)

    “When a certain man in the district of Pallasgreen was baptised the priest who baptised him told his sponsers that he'd never see a ghost or anything unearthly during his life.”

    CBÉS 0518

    Martin Comans, Mary O Donnell

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  17. (no title)

    “I heard this story a few days ago and this is the way it begins:- There is a man in this district and when he was young a man named Thomas Hennessy took him to Tipperary.”

    CBÉS 0518

    Margaret Ryan, Mary O Donnell

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  18. A Local Hero

    CBÉS 0539

    Mary O' Donnell, Thomas Ryan

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  19. Riddles

    CBÉS 0592

    Mary O' Donnell, Mr Myles O' Donnell

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  20. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0592

    Mary O' Donnell, Myles O' Donnell

    Corrakyle, Co. Clare

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