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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. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0096

    Martin Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  2. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0096

    Martin Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  3. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0096

    Martin Walsh, Patrick Walsh

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  4. An Old Story - Five Eggs for a Meal

    CBÉS 0104

    Katie Walsh, Martin Walsh

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  5. Roads

    CBÉS 0104

    Bridgie Walsh, Martin Walsh

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  6. Feasts of the Year

    CBÉS 0104

    Bridgie Walsh, Martin Walsh

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  7. Returning from a Wedding

    CBÉS 0137F

    Bridget Walsh, Martin Walsh

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  8. Jack's Bush

    CBÉS 0137F

    James Bernard Grady, Martin Walsh

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  9. The Old Fenian Gun

    CBÉS 0248

    Martin Walsh, Mrs Walsh

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    “There was a man in Labasheeda and he had one son and he was very sick.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  11. (no title)

    “There is an old story attached to Knockerra Lake.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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    “There was a poor family in this vicinity by the name of Malone and their only livelihood was drawing turf to the market to sell it.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  13. (no title)

    “There is an old whitethorn bush growing about a mile and a half outside Kilrush and there is something connected with it.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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    “In the time of the famine in eighteen forty-six when thousands of poor people were dying...”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  15. (no title)

    “One night as a man was returning from a fair in Miltown and he had to pass a lake which was supposed to be haunted.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  16. Biddy Early

    “There was an old woman in East Clare by the name of Biddy Early...”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  17. (no title)

    “One day five or six men were stacking turf in a bog when one of the party had five or six stacks made....”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  18. Biddy Early

    “When Biddy Early's landlord was evicting his tenants the witch asked a farmer to cart away some furniture for her.”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  19. (no title)

    “There is a house in the parish of Killimer in the townland of Donogrogue which is supposed to be haunted...”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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  20. (no title)

    “One night when a man was going to bed about eleven o'clock he heard his horses galloping about the roads...”

    CBÉS 0629

    Martin Walsh

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