The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0440

    Máire S. Níc Dhómhnaill, Maureen Griffin

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  2. Famine Times

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a boy was coming home from Ardcrone. EAch night he went to Ardcrone but he did not return till one or two o' clock.

    CBÉS 0445

    Maureen Griffin, Mrs D. Griffin

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    One morning two men were going to a fair. It was very early...

    CBÉS 0445

    Maureen Griffin, Mrs D. Griffin

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    One night two women and a man were coming home from Tralee in a common car after taking wool to town.

    CBÉS 0445

    Dan Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a sick cow was in a stall and a man was up with her.

    CBÉS 0445

    Dan Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a man was going it was very late as was usual with that man.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Griffin, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a man was going home after been playing cards.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Griffin, Maureen Griffin

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    Once a young lad lived with his parents at Ardcrone. He had a great desire for smoking.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Griffin, Maureen Griffin

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    Long ago an animal like a donkey was seen in Kilfalney.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Griffin, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a man was going home after being playing cards.

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One day a number of cows were driven into a field where there was a fort.

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    Once upon a time a girl was sick in a house whatever they did for her it would not please her.

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One night a man was going home after playing cards.

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    In olden times the Blessed Sacrament was not kept in Currens Chapel.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    There was once a man who used to get the falling sickness.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    Once there was a woman whose husband was dead.

    CBÉS 0445

    Maureen Griffin, Mrs D. Griffin

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    One fine Summer morning a priest got up and took his walking cane and dog with him and went for a walk through a country village.

    CBÉS 0445

    Daniel Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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    One day two women were talking. One of them was boasting about her son the great rich man he was and that he would be soon a gentleman.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Griffin, Maureen Griffin

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    There was once an old woman living here, her name was Jude Lynch.

    CBÉS 0445

    Denis Scannell, Maureen Griffin

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