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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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    “One time it happened that two brothers named John and Pat Dowling lived together in an old house.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One time there lived a poor man. He earned his living by breaking stone. Not far from where he was breaking the stones, there lived a miser.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One time old John Butler and his wife were visiting their friends in Ballyragget. About four o' clock they were leaving the house to go home.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One night there were three or four men coming home from town. They were merry and they did not care what they met.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One time there lived a poor man, who had three sons. When he was dying he had nothing to give them but a big tree.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One time there was a woman and seven children living in a little house beside a bog. It was a turf bog and it belonged to her. She had some dislike to her neighbours and she would not let them get the turf out of the bog.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

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    “One time there lived a poor man named Bill Ronan. He had only two cattle. This day he went to the fair with them.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Maggie Manning, Patrick Manning

    Transcript