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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. Ball's Grove

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

    The Grove, Co. Louth

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  2. Two Greyhounds

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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  3. Flay (Flail) Lane

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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  4. Charity Rewarded

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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    “This story is true. This man was name Tom Smyth. His people were evicted...”

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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    “This story is really true.”

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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    “This is a true story.”

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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    “When I was rale young, this thing I'm going to tell you about happened.”

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mary Meehan

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    “This really happened.”

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mrs Fitzpatrick

    Monasterboice, Co. Louth

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    “Many years ago an old lady lived in a cottage in Hand St. and there was a big stone beside the cottage.”

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Patrick Bagnall

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    “When I was living at Cappagh in Dunleer my mother used to tell us that the big house in Corlis Road was haunted.”

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mrs M. Keeley

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    “About twenty years ago, my man, may God have mercy on his soul, used to work in Dunlops of Collon.”

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    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mrs Keeley

    Collon, Co. Louth

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    “This is really true.”

    CBÉS 0680

    Brendan Mc Quillan, Mrs M. Keeley

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