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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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    “Some years ago there lived an old woman near the village of Athea.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mary Hegarty, Peg Barry

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    “A long time ago there lived an old woman not far from this place.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, Tom Sullivan

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    “There was a man there once and there was a fort near his house.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, William Walsh

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    “Martin Kennelly of Dromin was out very late one night at a wake.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Martin Kennelly, Peg Barry

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  5. (no title)

    “Two boys went hunting rabbits one night.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, William Walsh

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    “About a hundred years ago it was a common thing to find men working in the fields and in the bogs with a good knowledge not only of Irish but also of the classic.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, William Keane

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  7. Churning

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Sullivan, Peg Barry

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    “There was once a poor man and his wife living in a little house near a landlord.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Jerry Breen, Peg Barry

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  9. A Story

    CBÉS 0406

    John Fitzgerald, Peg Barry

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  10. Leprechauns

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, Tom Donegan

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    “Once upon a time there was a man digging in a field and it was for a farmer he was working.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Fitzgerald, Peg Barry

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  12. (no title)

    “There was a man there once and he lived near a village.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Peg Barry, William Walsh

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  13. Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Barry, Peg Barry

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    “Long ago there was an old man and an old woman travelling along the road and they were called "Travelling People" because they had no house of their own.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Barry, Peg Barry

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    “There was a family by the name of Leahys, living in Knockanure Church.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Barry, Peg Barry

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  16. (no title)

    “Long ago there used be four boys playing cards in a house.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Barry, Peg Barry

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  17. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Denis Egan, Peg Barry

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    “Long ago a man by the name of Thomas Daly was cutting hay in a meadow near Caherdown.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Peg Barry, Thomas Halpin

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    “Over 200 years ago it being about the penal times there lived a Catholic family about a mile outside Dublin.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Mary Hegarty, Peg Barry

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  20. (no title)

    “Once upon a time a man named Martin Beggins lived in a poor derelict place.”

    CBÉS 0407

    Peg Barry, Tom Sullivan

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