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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. Riddles

    CBÉS 0532

    Edward Whyte, Pauline Whyte

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0532

    John Reddan, Sheila Reddan

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  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0532

    Dympna Foley, Mrs Sarah Foley

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  4. Ghost of Fortmoy House

    CBÉS 0532

    Edward Whyte, Thomas Whyte

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  5. The Ghost of Ballyhough Castle

    CBÉS 0532

    Gus Reddan, Miss Mary Anne Reddan

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  6. Local Sayings

    CBÉS 0532

    Mrs John Reddan, Sheila Reddan

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  7. Local Sayings

    CBÉS 0532

    Denis Cashen, Margaret Cashen

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  8. Simon's Well

    CBÉS 0532

    Denis Cashen, Margaret Cashen

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    “About sixty years ago a family named Russell lived in Moatville House.”

    CBÉS 0532

    Gus Reddan, Mrs Martin Reddan

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    “In the Penal times a priest lived in a house, now Pat Meara's house...”

    CBÉS 0532

    Gus Reddan, Mrs Martin Reddan

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    “There is a fort a short distance from out house and there is a well sunk in the middle of it.”

    CBÉS 0532

    Dermot Conlon, Jeremiah Conlon

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  12. Local Proverbs

    “Spare the nod and spoil the child.”

    CBÉS 0532

    May Kelly, Michael Kelly

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    “About fifty years ago a man named William Brophy was going to Nenagh with a load of turf....”

    CBÉS 0532

    Dan Kennedy, John Kennedy

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    “When the Smiths were living in Lismacray House there was a Catholic priest...”

    CBÉS 0532

    Sheila Reddan, William O' Meara

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  15. The Eglish Churchyard

    CBÉS 0532

    Sheila Reddan

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  16. Story of James Meany the Outlaw

    CBÉS 0532

    Mrs Edward Whyte, Thomas Whyte

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  17. Story of the Famine Times

    CBÉS 0532

    Mrs Edward Whyte, Thomas Whyte

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