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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. Apples from the Enchanted Garden

    CBÉS 0034

    Baby Ward, James Ward

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    “One night two boys went to steal apples.”

    CBÉS 0054

    Edward Kenny, Mary Kenny

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    “A man without eyes saw apples on a tree.”

    CBÉS 0054

    Nellie Coleman, Thomas Coleman

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    “Two men from Peterswell want back to Ballycahalan one night to steal apples”

    CBÉS 0059

    Mrs Power

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    “One night two boys went into an orchard and stole two bags of apples and they did not know where they would go to count and divide them so they were passing by a graveyard and they said they would count them on a tombstone.”

    CBÉS 0081

    James Hannon, Póilín Ní Annáin

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    “There was two men once and they went to get a bag of apples.”

    CBÉS 0082

    Cáit Ní Coscraigh, Padraig Ó Coscraigh

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    “There were two men once and they went to get a bag of apples.”

    CBÉS 0094

    John Dympsey, Patrick Dympsey

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  8. The Bag of Apples

    CBÉS 0109

    Máire Ní Rónáin

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  9. Boys Stealing Apples

    CBÉS 0142

    Mártain Ó Braonáin

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    “Once there were two boys and they stole some apples.”

    CBÉS 0146

    Mr Pat James

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  11. Nuts, Apples and Blackberries

    CBÉS 0163

    Agatha Herbert, Mrs Queenan

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    “One night two boys went stealing apples.”

    CBÉS 0170

    Anthony Hennigan, Martin Hennigan

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  13. Stealing Apples

    CBÉS 0255

    Teresa Kearns

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    “One night a young man named Denis O Mahony Garrendruig went stealing apples from a garden that belonged to Frank Stawell Ivy lodge near Kilbritain Casle...”

    CBÉS 0310

    Mrs Ellen Coffey

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  15. Sharing the Apples

    CBÉS 0347

    Patrick Buckley

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    “Long ago the farmers used be carting to Cork with apples to make cider.”

    CBÉS 0368

    Mr Denis O' Sullivan, William O' Sullivan

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    “Not very long ago two young men set out on a harvest night to steal a bag of apples from a neighbour.”

    CBÉS 0404

    John Corridan, Nora Curtin

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  18. Story - Dividing Apples in a Churchyard

    CBÉS 0499

    James Donovan, James Morrissey

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  19. Story - Stealing Apples

    CBÉS 0499

    John O' Brien, Thomas Broderick

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    “One night two boys went into an orchard with the intention of stealing some apples. They were not long in the orchard when one of the boys saw a large dog with sparkling eyes coming towards them.”

    CBÉS 0518

    John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans

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