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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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  1. Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0861

    Edward Brennan, Lilly Kelsey

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  2. The Banshee

    CBÉS 0861

    Mr Bridgett, Theresa Byrne

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  3. An Experience

    CBÉS 0861

    Mr Bridgett, Theresa Byrne

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  4. The Mysterious Passenger

    CBÉS 0861

    Mr Bridgett, Theresa Byrne

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  5. The Unusual Visitor

    CBÉS 0861

    May Brennan, Mrs Brennan

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  6. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0861

    Mrs Rice, Rita Phelan

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  7. The Broken Promise

    CBÉS 0861

    Maureen Denieffe, Mrs Hoban

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  8. The Dead Bush

    CBÉS 0861

    Miss B. Fitzgerald, Nellie Denieffe

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  9. How Gowran Castle Was Captured

    CBÉS 0861

    Edward Gordan, Lill Gordan

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  10. The Haunted Path

    CBÉS 0861

    May Murphy, William Cleere

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  11. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0861

    Maureen Denieffe, Mrs Hoban

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  12. A Story

    “One day two boys went into a wood to gather nuts. When they were coming home it grew dark.”

    CBÉS 0861

    Kathleen Cass, Mrs Cass

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  13. A Story

    “One upon a time there lived a boy who used to take nightmares.”

    CBÉS 0861

    Kathleen Cass, Mrs Lawlor

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  14. A Story

    “Once upon a time there were two children named Puck and Blossom.”

    CBÉS 0861

    Eithne Walsh, Mrs Ellen Walsh

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  15. The Banshee

    CBÉS 0861

    Eileen Hogan, Jack Nolan

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  16. A Story

    “There was once a woman who lived in a cottage by herself and when the boys used to go home from school every they used to knock at the door and torment her then they would run away and when she would go to the door they would be gone.”

    CBÉS 0861

    Mary Cass, Mrs Lawlor

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  17. Hay

    CBÉS 0861

    Brigid Gordan, Nellie Mulvanny

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  18. Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0861

    Katty Mc Creery, Mrs Dalton

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  19. The Devil

    CBÉS 0861

    Lilly Kelsey, Mr Edward Brennan

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  20. Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0861

    May Brennan, Mrs Brennan

    Transcript