The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. A Haunted House

    CBÉS 0556

    Kathleen Walshe, Ned Lyons

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  2. A Strange Stone

    CBÉS 0556

    James Denny, Kathleen Walshe

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  3. A Story

    Long ago there was a castle in Ballyluskey and in it lived the Maher family.

    CBÉS 0556

    Kathleen Walshe, Thomas Hall

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  4. A Story

    One night a man was coming down Lanes' hill when two big Greyhounds followed him.

    CBÉS 0556

    John Cormack, Kathleen Walshe

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  5. A Story

    CBÉS 0556

    E. O' Halloran, Kathleen Walshe

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  6. A Story

    One Saturday night some people were playing cards in a house in Wilford.

    CBÉS 0556

    Kathleen Walshe, Mr Maher

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    There was an old woman living in Tinakilly. She always had a great culm fire.

    CBÉS 0556

    Kathleen Walshe, Mr Maher

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  8. An Old Farm

    John Smith's farm in Magoury which holds 20 Irish acres was enclosed by a six foot high-wall three feet in thickness.

    CBÉS 0556

    Kathleen Walshe, Tom Duggan

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  9. By a Drangan Boy - Neill of Slievenamon

    CBÉS 0556

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  10. Episodes of Tipperary in the Past - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

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  11. The Battle of College Hill

    CBÉS 0556

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  12. An Episode of '98 - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

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  13. On the Death of a Sister - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

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  14. I know a River Clear: Air-Aileen Aroon, by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

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  15. Hallowe'en

    CBÉS 0556

    Teresa Walshe

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  16. The Old House in the Glen - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

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  17. The Poor Man's Welcome - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

    Teresa Walshe

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  18. The Walls of Rare Clonmel - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

    Teresa Walshe

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  19. Gold Seeking - A Tale by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

    Teresa Walshe

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  20. Recollections - by A Drangan Boy

    CBÉS 0556

    Teresa Walshe

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