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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. (no title)

    “Once upon a time there lived a poor man in a little haunted house up near Ennis.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  2. (no title)

    “My grandfather told me this story.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  3. (no title)

    “I heard a story about a man who lived near Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  4. (no title)

    “There is a field at the back of Mr McInerney's house. It is called 'the fairies field'.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  5. (no title)

    “Lord Leckinfield was the landlord of Manus long ago.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  6. (no title)

    “One night my grandfather was coming home from town and he was walking.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  7. (no title)

    “There is a big lios in a field in McInerney's land.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  8. (no title)

    “Manus is the name of my townland.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  9. (no title)

    “There is a leprechaun often seen in McInerney's grove.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  10. (no title)

    “There is a holy well near the Mental Hospital.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  11. (no title)

    “The houses long ago were mostly made of mud.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  12. (no title)

    “There are the ruins of an old grocer's shop in one of Mr McInerney's fields.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  13. (no title)

    “The people long ago generally got married at a time of the year called Shrove which lasted from Little Christmas day until Shrove Tuesday.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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