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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. Ballylanders

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    Edmond Hoare, Mrs Johanna Keane

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  2. Riddles

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  3. Hidden Treasure

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    William Buckley

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    “There is a well in this part of the farm named St. Malachy's well...”

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    “There was an old mud-walled cabin on the road-side almost the present Presbytery in which a large sum of money or a crock of Gold was hidden...”

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    Michael O' Leary

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    “A small farmer names John Kenefick lived in Carrighturk about 50 years ago...”

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    “Kenefick's father, John Kenefick also, told me about the famine years. The people ate the grass, dock and sorrel...”

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    John Kenefick

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    “This man had a brother Jeremiah Kenefick whose house was very old and in danger of falling so he decided on building a new one beside the old one in an angle of a cross...”

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    Miss Han Kenefick

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    “There is a house in Cullane South in this parish owned now by William Hanley but it formerly belonged to James Riordan an expert farmer...”

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    Mrs Riordan

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    “Rev. Father Mackey was Parish Priest of Ballylanders some sixty years ago. He was a fine easy going Priest and was beloved by his parishioners...”

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    Reverend M. Barry

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  11. The Election of 1859

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    Tim Coleman

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  12. Musicians and Dancers

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    Mrs Mary Buckley

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  13. The Ballylanders Bog

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  14. Ballylanders Brass Band Formed in the Year 1886

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  15. Ballylanders United Trades Association Formed in the Year 1887

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  16. Ballylanders, County Limerick

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  17. Abstract of the Population of Ballylanders, County Limerick, Taken by Order of Parliament A.D. 1821

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  18. The Late Reverend M. Barry P.P., Ballylanders

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  19. Song about Landlords, Agents and their Pets

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    Mr Thomas Fitzgerald

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  20. Butter-Making 60 Years Ago

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