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

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  1. Old Remedies of this Parish

    CBÉS 0030

    Nóra Breathnach

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  2. Another Old Story

    “There was once a man in the parish of Ardrahan who was a great all-round athlete.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Mr Thomas Kenny

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  3. Another Old Story

    “There was once a man living in Kilchreest who was very fond of getting drunk, and the Parish Priest, Father Cassidy was always telling him to stop drinking, or the devil would get the better of him.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Thomas Kenny

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    “In a place called Oileán in the parish of Kilrickle there stand a very old house.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Some forty years ago there lived an old woman alone in the parish of Tynagh.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “It is an old custom in my parish on Chalk Sunday to write on each young man's back with white chalk if he is not married.”

    CBÉS 0054

    John Costello, Mary Costellp

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  7. Seaniarsmaí

    “There are many old walls in the parish.”

    CBÉS 0059

    Brighid Ní Mhurcadha

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    “In the townland of Cullentragh in the parish of Mayo Abbey in the Co of Mayo and in the lands of Thomas Fitzgerald. there is an old fort and it is said that there is a bag of gold between two lines of bushes.”

    CBÉS 0100

    Michael Nally, Paddy O' Donnell

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  9. Local Fairy Stories

    “There is an old man living in Coogue in the parish of Knock who was very fond of cardplaying.”

    CBÉS 0107

    Mrs Cronin, Stephen Hunt

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    “There was an old woman in the parish called Betty Muldoon.”

    CBÉS 0108

    John Burke, Tobias Burke

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  11. An Old Industry in the Parish

    CBÉS 0159

    Joseph Curran, Maureen Curran

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  12. Old Customs and Habits in this Parish

    CBÉS 0173

    Máiréad Breathnach, Pádhraic Breathnach

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    “There was once, in the parish of Riverstown an old couple named John and Mary Cairns who bought a cow at Collooney fair from a Protestant man named Lawson.”

    CBÉS 0175

    Patrick Brennan, Vincent Brennan

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  14. Old Words Used in My Parish

    CBÉS 0185

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  15. Old Schools in Bornacoola Parish

    CBÉS 0219

    Bridie Beirne, Pat Conan

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  16. Old Forges in Bornacoola Parish

    CBÉS 0219

    Patrick Beirne, Teresa Beirne

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  17. Old Houses

    “Long ago in this parish, the houses were very small and often there was not room for a whole family to fit it.”

    CBÉS 0236

    Mary Joe Mac Dermot, Mr T. Tiernan

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    “A number of years ago an old witch that was called Jenny of the Hills, lived on one of the Cregga hills in the parish of Kiltrustan in the Co Roscommon...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Laurence Shannon

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    “Although this is the parish of Templemartin the people keep up none of the old customs of St Martin's eve.”

    CBÉS 0315

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  20. The Old Parish Chapel of Kinsale

    CBÉS 0319

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