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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. The Fairy Singer

    CBÉS 0004

    Fursey Clancy, John Lacey

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  2. Graveyards

    CBÉS 0577

    James Lacey, John Lacey

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  3. Local Fairs

    CBÉS 0577

    John Lacey, William Quinlan

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  4. Cures

    CBÉS 0577

    Denis Butler, John Lacey, Margaret O' Dwyer, Thomas Breen

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  5. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0617

    John Lacey, Mary Agnes Lacey

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    “I was out rambling and begod it was late and I coming home.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  7. (no title)

    “There is an old graveyard on Mr Byrne's land (Doonooney Adamstown, Co Wexford).”

    CBÉS 0899

    John Lacey, Maureen Cleary

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  8. (no title)

    “There is an ould stone in Mary Foley's ditch on the Coolnagree side of the road.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  9. (no title)

    “There was a certain man going home from Adamstown, and he met a girl coming down the Leap road one night.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  10. (no title)

    “There were protestants lived in a house in Ballybrennan where Mr Deacon now lives.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  11. (no title)

    “There is a stone standing out of a piece from the ditch in a field in Coolnagree and another stone out on the road.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  12. Pipes

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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    “There is an ould rath near our house, and there is said to be money buried in it.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  14. Stories

    CBÉS 0900

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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  15. Story

    CBÉS 0900

    Alice Murphy, John Lacey

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