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

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  1. (no title)

    “In the townland of Burgatai near Rosscarbery there is a holy well and ruin, called the Teamplain.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs M. Donovan

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  2. (no title)

    “Near Clonakilty there is a place called Ballyduvane.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mr M. Donovan

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  3. (no title)

    “About two miles from Clonakilty there is a place called Ring, in which was a church long ago but only the walls remain.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs M. Donovan

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  4. (no title)

    “About nine miles from Clonakilty there is a place called Courtmacsherry.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs Donovan

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  5. (no title)

    “Long ago in the time of the Danes there was a little girl of ten years.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs O' Donovan

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  6. (no title)

    “Long ago there were two men and they heard that there was a big cave near Galway, and at the end of the cave there was a pot of gold.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mr M. Donovan

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  7. (no title)

    “On the road to Timoleague there was a house built in a field.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs Donovan

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  8. The Great Snow

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs Donovan

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  9. (no title)

    “In the year 1839 there was a hurricane.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs Donovan

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  10. (no title)

    “Near Ballineen Co. Cork there is a big rock in a field called the rock of the Mass.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mr Donovan

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  11. (no title)

    “This was a custom in Ireland long ago, on Christmas Day.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs Donovan

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  12. (no title)

    “In Castlebridge County Wexford there is a martyr in the Church.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs O' Donovan

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  13. (no title)

    “About four miles from Clonakilty there is a place called Muckross in the townland of Ardfield.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mr O' Donovan

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mrs M. Donovan

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  15. (no title)

    “The potatoes are planted in January.”

    CBÉS 0312

    Betty Donovan, Mr Donovan

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  16. Cogan's Mills

    CBÉS 0395

    Betty Donovan, Mr J. Donovan

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