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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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    “Once there lived a woman in Carrowkeel named Biddy Elwood in the parish of Creeve in the Co Roscommon who had a lot of butter...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley

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    “Once there were hunters hunting on the Creeve hills in the Co Roscommon. All the dogs ran after a hare...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, James Mc Glynn

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    “A number of years ago just after Frank Mc Govern setting up in Creeve in Co Roscommon. He had the shop stocked with everything that could be in a shop...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Martin Kearns

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    “One day James Mac Glynn was turning a heap of potatoes in his garden at Creeve in the Co Roscommon...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley

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    “There was once a man named Joe Keenan who lived in a bog called Dooneen Creeve...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Thomas Gormley

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    “Once I heard that a young man named John Mac Gowan of Creeve Elphin was left minding the house...”

    CBÉS 0249

    James Gormley, Michael Gormley

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