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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

    CBÉS 0565

    William Doherty

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  2. (no title)

    “Before the year of '98, decided Ireland's way-ward fate.”

    CBÉS 0575

    William Doherty

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  3. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0579

    Tessie O' Doherty, William Doherty

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  4. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 1107

    Nellie Mc Hugh, William Doherty

    Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal

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  5. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 1107

    Nellie Mc Hugh, William Doherty

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  6. Local Stories

    “Round about Burt there are many stories told about haunted houses as follows.”

    CBÉS 1108

    William Doherty

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  7. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 1119

    Patrick Mc Cale, William Doherty

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    “My father, William Doherty, Pound St, Carndonagh still alive aged 73, born 1865 often told us when children that his forefathers came from Bun na Coilleadh, Urris Clonmany.”

    CBÉS 1119

    William Doherty

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  9. (no title)

    “Here is a personal encounter or meeting my father himself had with what he holds to be the same ghost.”

    CBÉS 1119

    William Doherty

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  10. (no title)

    “On another occasion, he relates, that while in the territory of same ghost he hears a noise in a kale garden.”

    CBÉS 1119

    William Doherty

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  11. (no title)

    “In the following places an odd person by the name of Beatty is to be found, Carrowmana, Crora and in Ballyharry.”

    CBÉS 1119

    William Doherty

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  12. Superstitions - Weather Signs

    CBÉS 1121

    Kitty Gill, William Doherty

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