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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. Cures of Long Ago

    CBÉS 0589

    Maura Cleary, Mrs Cleary

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  2. Composition - Cures

    CBÉS 0602

    Fionnbárr Cleary, Mrs Cleary

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 0737

    Loretta Mac Donagh, Mrs Cleary

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  4. Oaten Bread

    CBÉS 0737

    Mrs Cleary

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  5. Story

    CBÉS 0775

    Mrs Cleary, Tom Ennis

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  6. Story

    CBÉS 0775

    Mrs Cleary, Tom Ennis

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    “About two miles from Ballyshannon there is a big stone called "the two mile stone". It is said that Finn Mc Cumhall threw it from a mountain seven miles away...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mrs Cleary, Thomas Cleary

    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

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    “St Barron was the first Saint to live in the district. He had no place to build a church and he went to the king and asked him for some land on which to build a church...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mrs Cleary, Thomas Cleary

    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

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    “At the top of the big meadow, opposite the Convent of Mercy, Ballyshannon there is a very big stone. It is locally called "Cloch na n-Uan", but this is said to be an error...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mrs Cleary, Thomas Cleary

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    “In the locality of Ballyshannon are the "Kathleen Falls". The following is a short account of how they got their name...”

    CBÉS 1027

    Mrs Cleary, Thomas Cleary

    Cathaleen's Fall, Co. Donegal

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