The Schools’ Collection

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

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    On the night of the Big Wind there was a wake in a certain house. The corpse was laid out on the kitchen table.

    CBÉS 0224

    Frances Flood, Seán Flood

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    One night a man was going home from Ballinamore. He was blacksmith named John Gormley who lived at Crimlin.

    CBÉS 0224

    Patrick Flood, Seán Flood

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  3. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0224

    Seán Flood

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  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0224

    Seán Flood

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    In the townland of Lanour there grows on a barren stretch of road one large tree known locally as the Spy Tree.

    CBÉS 0225

    John Giblin, Seán Flood

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  6. A Family Ghost

    CBÉS 0225

    John Giblin, Seán Flood

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  7. The Chapel Song of Swanlinbar

    In the year 1870 the landlord planned to pull down the Church at Swanlinbar,...

    CBÉS 0225

    Seán Flood

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  8. Father Tom Maguire Parish Priest, Ballinamore - Lecturer and Theological Debater

    CBÉS 0225

    Seán Flood, Tom Creamer

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    One night about 50 years ago a man and his wife were going home from the fair in Ballinamore.

    CBÉS 0225

    Patrick Flood, Seán Flood

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  10. De Wett Visits Ballinamore

    CBÉS 0225

    Patrick Flood, Seán Flood

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  11. George's Lough

    CBÉS 0225

    Patrick Flood, Seán Flood

    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

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  12. Roshy Rhu - Róise Rua

    CBÉS 0225

    Seán Flood, Tom Creamer

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  13. The Land League near Ballinamore

    CBÉS 0225

    Seán Flood

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    This story relates to Thomas Darcy, Unshinagh (An Fhunnsineach) who was an active leader in the Fenian rising.

    CBÉS 0225

    Francis Flood, Seán Flood

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    The police were always after Thomas Darcy, Unshinagh for his gun.

    CBÉS 0225

    Francis Flood, Seán Flood

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    One night at tea-time a very mean woman and her husband who lived in this district heard a knock at the door.

    CBÉS 0225

    Patrick Flood, Seán Flood

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