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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 Story

    “There was once a giant in this country. One day this girl was spreading out clothes.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Martin Brogan

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Thomas Holmes

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  3. A Story

    “There was once a woman who was going out for turf and two nuns passed her out and they stood a while and had a chat with her and they asked her the way to Pontoon.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Mrs Bridget Holmes

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  4. A Story

    “Once there were two men going on a journey and when the came to Seefin one of the men said now we are at Seefin and we won't feel going the rest of the way and a voice answered them and said. It is not Seefin but it is Sheefin.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, William Brogan

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  5. A Story

    “There was once a woman coming up from Knockmore and when she was passing by a limekiln a horse came out and put his two feet up on her shoulders and she had to drag him to the top of the hill and he came off there and the woman fainted.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Pat Flynn

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  6. A Story

    “There was once two boys in a house and one of them went to a raffle and when he was gone the other boy put a sheet round him and lay at the graveyard and when the other boy was passing by the graveyard he frightened him and the other boy kept going and th”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Nora Mc Hale

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  7. A Story

    “There was once two famers who had two brood mares grazing on a farm and it happened that both mares foaled the same night on the farm.”

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Patrick Coleman

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  8. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, James Brogan

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  9. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, James Brogan

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  10. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Dan Brogan

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  11. Signs of the Weather

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Martin Brogan

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  12. On Schools

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Pat O' Hora

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  13. Tinkers

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan

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  14. Pastimes

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan

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  15. My Native Village

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan

    Foxford, Co. Mayo

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