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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. A Cure for Chilblains

    CBÉS 0567

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  2. Hidden Treasure - The Tin Ware Lass

    CBÉS 0567

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  3. The Carragáns

    CBÉS 0567

    Mary Coffey, Mrs Alice Keating

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    “Long ago a man was in hiding up on the hill (Slievenamon)...”

    CBÉS 0567

    John Hickey, Mary Hickey

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    “In a field near where I live a major dwelt about a hundred years ago, ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Delia Harvey, Tom Harvey

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    “Once upon a time a man from the hill stole a bag of sovereigns. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Joseph Hickey

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    “Long ago there lived an old...”

    CBÉS 0567

    John Hickey, Joseph Hickey

    Lisnatubbrid, Co. Tipperary

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    “Once upon a time there were two men called Big Jack and Little Jack...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Biddy Cahill, William Cahill

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    “I ran twenty miles with my two shin bones...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Joseph Hickey

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    “Q. As I walked out and in again I saw the dead the life was in. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Joseph Hickey

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    “Q. The man that made it did not want it, ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs Ellen Harvey

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    “At the time the British soldiers were in occupation in Clonmel...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs Mary Donovan

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    “A big fall of snow fell about sixty years ago. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    P. O' Brien

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    “About 40 years ago there was a great storm. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs O Brien, P. O' Brien

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    “About sixty years ago there was a man who went by the name of Pat the fiddler. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs A. Keating

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    “Paddy St John of Killurney was a great hurler in his day, ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Thomas Cahill

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    “Three men started a game of cards at a neighbours house...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Johanna Daly

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    “About 70 years ago there was a school at Gibbs in Killurney. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Charles Gibbs

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    “About eighty years ago there was a school in Coolonan which was attended by about 40 pupils. ...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs A. Keating

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    “A hundred and fifty years ago there was an old pond on the Stage Pond in "Useless Land"...”

    CBÉS 0567

    Mrs A. Keating

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