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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. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

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  2. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

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  3. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

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  4. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

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  5. There lived an old man and an old woman

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “There lived an old man and an old woman once upon a time and they had two daughters.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “In a house near to Castlefinn village there are two round stones which are made of cement and they are very rough.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  8. An Old Story

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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  9. The Hare

    CBÉS 1098

    Andrew Martin

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  10. The Hare

    CBÉS 1098

    Andrew Martin

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  11. The Fairy Woman

    CBÉS 1098

    Andrew Martin

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  12. How Donoughmore Got its Name

    CBÉS 1098

    Andrew Martin

    Donaghmore, Co. Donegal

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  13. The Grey Stone of the Heath

    CBÉS 1098

    Andy Martin

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  14. The Pedlar's Glen

    CBÉS 1098

    Julia Martin

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  15. The Fairy Dance

    CBÉS 1098

    Julia Martin

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  16. Peter Griffin

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “Long ago near Castlefinn it is said that there was a King crowned on a very big stone and it is said it is at least ten feet in length and it is about six feet in breadth.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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    “In the townland of Sessaughlong there lived a man who had a large farm. There was one field especially near the road and it always contained a quantity of water.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Thomas Connolly

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    “Long ago there happened to be a man going on a train journey to his sister-in-law a long distance away.”

    CBÉS 1098

    Edward Connolly

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