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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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  1. Fairies Come into House in Cill Mhichíl

    CBÉS 0274

    J. H.

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  2. Killaugh Fairies

    CBÉS 0274

    John Sullivan, Pat O' Sullivan

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  3. Fairy Stories

    “When my great grandfather was living he was taken away by the fairies one evening when he was threshing oats.”

    CBÉS 0276

    Margaret Harrington, Mrs Nellie Harrington

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  4. A Woman Who Was Taken By The Fairies

    CBÉS 0276

    Ann Hartnett, Patrick Hartnett

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    “There was a man there long ago who was very interested in the fairies and their doings.”

    CBÉS 0282

    James Cotter

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  6. Fairies

    CBÉS 0282

    Denis Flynn, James Cotter

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  7. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0283

    J. Barry

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  8. (no title)

    “They say that Johnny Machine was surely going with the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0287

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  9. Story - How the Fairies Carried Away John's Cow

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Henry Allen, Thomas Hegarty

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  10. Story - The Lazy Beauty and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0287

    Mr Michael Allen, Thomas Hegarty

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  11. The Fairies Taking a Child

    CBÉS 0288

    Bridie Kennedy

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  12. The Fairies Taking a Child

    CBÉS 0288

    Bridie Kennedy

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  13. Forts and Fairies

    CBÉS 0289

    Teresa Goggin

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  14. Forts and Fairies

    CBÉS 0289

    Mary Duggan

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  15. (no title)

    “There was a man there long ago who was taken away by the fairies...”

    CBÉS 0293

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  16. Fairies

    CBÉS 0300

    Bean Ní Donnabháin, Máigréad Ní Chárthaig

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  17. Fairies

    CBÉS 0304

    Mary O' Brien, Timothy O' Brien

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  18. Archaeological - Belief in Fairies

    CBÉS 0312

    George Wagner, John Hobbes

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  19. (no title)

    “There are many stories told about fairies and their doings.”

    CBÉS 0314

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  20. Fairies

    CBÉS 0317

    Kathleen Twomey, Mrs O' Driscoll

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