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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0861

    Thomas Brennan

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  2. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0861

    John Gaffney

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  3. A Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0861

    Andrew Barcoe

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0861

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  5. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0861

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  6. Local Happenings

    CBÉS 0861

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  7. Ghost Stories

    “About a century ago there lived on the borders of Castlewarren wood a woman whose name is now forgotten by the local people.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  8. Ghost Stories

    “A long time ago a ghostly hound used to travel from Bally-Seán in Gowran along the middle of the road to another castle in Castlewarren.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  9. Ghost Stories

    “Once there lived in Redbog an old woman whose husband was dying.”

    CBÉS 0861

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    “Park light is a light which shines in the house of any person who is dying and is going to be buried in Park Churchyard.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  11. A Ghost Story

    “One night a Priest was called on a sick call.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  12. A Ghost Story

    “Once there was a man going home one night in a pony and trap.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  13. Ghost Stories

    “In Rockfield Gowran about two hundred years ago in a field near the road a big house stood there.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  14. Ghost Stories

    “In a country village not far from Gowran was once suspected to be haunted but was afterwards proved to be harmless.”

    CBÉS 0861

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  15. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0861

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