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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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    “Long ago there was a wood ranger and he had a daughter.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Betty Doyle, John Fitzgerald

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    “About seventy years ago there lived a girl over near Moyvane.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Costello, Thomas Costello

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    “There was once a man by the name of Jack and he had a horse and he gave him a shilling in a feed of oats in the morning.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Gerald Sullivan, Joe Shanahan

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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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    “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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    “There was a bank in Listowel and it was known as Roche's bank.”

    CBÉS 0406

    William Keane

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    “About eighty years ago a publican lived in Church St, Listowel.”

    CBÉS 0406

    William Keane

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    “This was a custom in this district at the time and very few cases of robbery occurred.”

    CBÉS 0406

    William Keane

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    “When I was a boy about 40 years ago there was a well known character in Listowel, whose real name was Patrick O'Conner but who was popularly known as Patsy the Cuttoner.”

    CBÉS 0406

    William Keane

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    “Once upon a time a man was playing cards in a neighbours house with a couple of other lads.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Mary Walsh, Tim Buckley

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  13. Churning

    CBÉS 0406

    Con Halpin, Don Twomey

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  14. Churning

    CBÉS 0406

    Mrs Sullivan, Peg Barry

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  15. Churning

    CBÉS 0406

    Bridget Barry, Kitty Barry

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    “This story relates to the time when tailors went around to the houses doing sewing for people who wanted any clothes to be made.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Con Halpin, Mick Daly

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  17. Prayers

    CBÉS 0406

    Betty Doyle, John Doyle

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  18. Old Songs

    “May the heavens bless you”

    CBÉS 0406

    Brian Mulvihill, Bridget Mulvihill

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  19. Old Songs

    “In the month of October contented and sober I sat by the fire of a cold rainy day.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Betty Histon, J.W. Histon

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  20. Religious Stories

    CBÉS 0406

    Michael Leahy, Tim Leahy

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