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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. The Man Who Was Taken by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0004

    Mrs Connolly

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  2. The Man that Went into the Fairies' House

    CBÉS 0007

    Michael O' Toole, Thomas King

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  3. The Man that Was Taken to Cnoc Dúin by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0007

    Robert Dundas, Thomas King

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  4. Gormley's Cow and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0007

    Robert Dundas, Thomas King

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  5. The Woman that Was Taken into the Fairies at Malt House in Errisbeg Hill

    CBÉS 0007

    Joseph King, Thomas King

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  6. Child in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0016

    Thomas Hegearty

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  7. Child in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0016

    Thomas Hegearty

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  8. Stories of Fairies

    CBÉS 0017

    Maggie Gibney, Tom Disken

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  9. Stories about Fairies

    CBÉS 0017

    Maggie Gibney, Tom Disken

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  10. (no title)

    “The Lepreachán is a small man who is a shoemaker for the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0018

    Mary Mullin

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  11. A Girl in the Fairies - From Ballyhaunis

    CBÉS 0022

    John Reilly, Katie Reilly

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  12. Stories about the Fairies

    CBÉS 0022

    Brigid Curry, John Curry

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  13. The Fairies Teasing a Man

    CBÉS 0022

    Maggie May Connell, Tom Connell

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  14. Stories

    “Once there lived in Bellharbour a boy whom the fairies used to accompany.”

    CBÉS 0033B

    Mrs Mannin, Peggy Moran

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  15. An Old Story

    “In times of old, it is said, a troop of fairies used to play about the borders of an Irish lake.”

    CBÉS 0034

    Brian Uniacke

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  16. Fairies

    CBÉS 0037

    Eibhlín Ní Ailledéa, John Robinson

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  17. (no title)

    “At one time there was a young man herding cattle near Knockma, Tuam. The fairies were on their way to steal a young girl in the north of Ireland who was getting married.”

    CBÉS 0037

    Eibhlín Ní Ailledéa, Pat Conneely

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  18. Fairies

    CBÉS 0038

    Máire Nic an Adhastair, Mr Michael Nestor

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  19. Fairies

    CBÉS 0040

    James Keville, Patrick Keville

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  20. Fairies

    CBÉS 0045

    Kathleen Ryan, Thomas Melody

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