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

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    “In the village of Ballymachola there lived a fairly young man named Jack Kearney.”

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Michael Callaghan

    Ballymackeehola, Co. Mayo

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    “In the Parish of Moygownagh about eighty years ago there lived a family named Cafferty.”

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Mrs M. Callaghan

    Moygawnagh, Co. Mayo

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    “In the village of Glenmore, about ninety years ago there lived a fairly old woman named Nora Smith.”

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Mr Michael Callaghan

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    “About eighty or ninety years ago faction fights used to be carried on at the fairs of Townrahowen and Newtown.”

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Miss S. Browne

    Tonrehown, Co. Mayo

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  5. Creels and Their Uses

    CBÉS 0145

    James A.P. Gilvarry, Miss S. Browne

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  6. The Round Tower of Killala

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Miss S. Browne

    Killala, Co. Mayo

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  7. Churning Customs

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Mrs T. Browne

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  8. The Fairs of Tonrehowen

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Mr Gerard Browne

    Tonrehown, Co. Mayo

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  9. Ceailí

    CBÉS 0145

    James A. P. Gilvarry, Mrs M. Callaghan

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