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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

    CBÉS 0873

    Kitty Gannon, Peggy Nolan

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  2. Fairies - The Origin of the Name ''Haw-haw Wall''

    CBÉS 0880

    Desmond O' Leary, Mr O' Leary

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  3. Peter Walsh and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0880

    Mr J. Morris, Patrick Sinnott

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  4. Lanty Lowry and the Fairies' Rath

    CBÉS 0880

    Mr J. Morris, Patrick Sinnott

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  5. Stories of the Leipreachán or Fairies

    CBÉS 0882

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  6. Stories of the Leipreachán or Fairies

    “There is a story told about a man from this parish who was walking one Summer morning and he saw a Lepreachán...”

    CBÉS 0882

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  7. The Dead Coach - Fairies

    CBÉS 0885

    Seán Ó Murchadha

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  8. The Dead Coach - Fairies

    CBÉS 0885

    P. Ó Riain

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  9. Fairies

    CBÉS 0888

    Miss Loughnan

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  10. Belief in Fairies

    CBÉS 0888

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  11. Forts and Fairies

    CBÉS 0888

    Mr John Bolger, Walter Thompkins, William J. Smith

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  12. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0890

    James Dempsey, Mrs M. Dempsey

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  13. Fairies

    CBÉS 0892

    Dick Nugent

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  14. Fairies

    CBÉS 0892

    Geramiah Morrissey

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  15. Fairies

    CBÉS 0892

    G. Morrissey

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    “There are many places in this district which fairies are supposed to inhabit...”

    CBÉS 0893

    David Mc Dermott

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  17. Yarns About Fairies

    CBÉS 0899

    William Carroll

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    “Once upon a time there was an old rath in which there used to be fairies.”

    CBÉS 0899

    Joseph Bradley, Kitty Bradley

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  19. The Farmer's Wife whom the Fairies Took

    CBÉS 0900

    Walter Clare

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  20. (no title)

    “Fairies dwelt in raths or in places where there was a thick growth of blackthorns...”

    CBÉS 0901

    Pat Hennessey

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