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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    “A man who had never worn shoes gathered enough money to buy a pair.”

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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    “There was a man who went to buy a pair of shoes, and when he went into the shop he produced a rod.”

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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    “Another man bought a new pair of shoes, for which he had been long working and saving.”

    CBÉS 0164

    John Kilcullen, M. Clarke

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    “A man had a very sore toe one time - it was festering, and he knocked it against something, seemingly every hour in the day.”

    CBÉS 0164

    John Kilcullen, M. Clarke

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    “At Enniscrone on Killala Bay, it must be some 80 years ago, a man was washed ashore.”

    CBÉS 0164

    John Kilcullen, M. Clarke

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  6. The Sturgeon

    CBÉS 0164

    John Kilcullen, M. Clarke

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  7. Long Ago in Enniscrone

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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    “The jaunting car seems to have been found only in Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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  9. The Rent in the Breeches

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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    “There was a very glib poet, over fifty years ago, around Enniscrone.”

    CBÉS 0164

    John Kilcullen, M. Clarke

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    “When the pier was being built about fifty years ago, at Inniscrone, they used to set a charge of dynamite and light a fuse, and take good care to get clear away to a distance before the explosion went off.”

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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  12. The Whale

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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  13. The First Box of Matches

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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  14. A True Story of a Horse at the Present Day

    CBÉS 0164

    M. Clarke

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