The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. (no title)

    This story which I am going to write about truly happened.

    CBÉS 0514

    Maura O Connor

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    Long ago a man was alseep in bed. He heard someone calling at the window, he got up and went over to it.

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    Margaret O' Donnell

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    In our farm there is a lios. Long ago it was a graveyard.

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    Bridie Stanton

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    There is a lios near our house it is said to be haunted. The fairies are out around the lios every night.

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    Hannah Kiely

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    Not very far from home is a lios. In the olden times it was said that it was haunted.

    CBÉS 0514

    Bridget O Dwyer

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    This is a true story that happened near here. A man was dying and he was leaving his wife and children after him.

    CBÉS 0514

    Maura O Connor

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    Long ago a man was coming home with a load of oats. As soon as he was at the hollow...

    CBÉS 0514

    Kate O Brien

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    One Sunday evening there were devotions in a church at half past seven.

    CBÉS 0514

    Margaret Noonan

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    Near the village of Kilbehenny was a man dying so his brother went on horse back for the priest.

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    Eily O Sullivan

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    There is a burial ground at the back of Kilbehenny. One night a man was there on the way up to it and he saw...

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    Eily O Sullivan

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  11. The Story of a Wolf

    CBÉS 0514

    Maura Walshe

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    This story proves that there were wolves at the other end of the parish too.

    CBÉS 0514

    Maura Walshe

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    Once upon a time there were two brothers and they used to go away cardplaying and one of them was jolly...

    CBÉS 0514

    Maggie Walshe

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    Once upon a time there was a house near Shrove and a man and his wife and children lived in it.

    CBÉS 0514

    Maggie Ahern

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    There was a man on his way to the town one day As he was passing the fort fairies danced round him.

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    Mary Kate O' Brien

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    There is situated near our house a glen which is said to be terribly haunted.

    CBÉS 0514

    Maura Birrane

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    There was a certain man going along the road one night about twelve oclock.

    CBÉS 0514

    Bridie O Brien

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    One day a man was working very hard so he went to bed early that night as he was very tired.

    CBÉS 0514

    Margaret Noonan

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    A man and his wife lived middling happy together. It was November Night and the wife went lighting the candles...

    CBÉS 0514

    Margaret Noonan

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    The ruins of the White Knight's castle are situated in our farm.

    CBÉS 0514

    Mary Noonan

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