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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. The Fairies Pass

    CBÉS 0684

    Josephine Dwyer, Thomas Dwyer

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  2. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0685

    Molly Andrews

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  3. Field of the Fairies

    CBÉS 0685

    Eileen Boylan, Miss A. J. Flynn

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  4. Fairies and Their Doings

    CBÉS 0685

    Miss A. J. Flynn, Rena Donohue

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    “On olden times fairies used to frequent the fields, I often heard the old people say, that there was a circus one night...”

    CBÉS 0685

    Mrs Curtis

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  6. The Fairies' Reel

    CBÉS 0686

    Attracta Mac Hugh

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  7. The Fairies' Football

    CBÉS 0686

    Laurence Connor, Nicholas Connor

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    “There was once a man called Critchley and occassionally he used to go to a hill in Lismullen land called Reloo where he used to be taken away by the fairies and he often was away for a fortnight.”

    CBÉS 0686

    Clare Browne, Mr J. Clarke

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  9. Fairies

    CBÉS 0687

    Patrick Moore

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  10. Hidden Treasure and Vengeance of the Fairies

    CBÉS 0687

    Mrs King

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  11. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0692

    James Reilly, John Fagan

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    “Long ago when fairies were quite common in Ireland there lived a man who was nick named "Jack the Naggin man"...”

    CBÉS 0692

    Gabrielle Mc Loughlin, James Mc Loughlin

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    “There lived in the vicinity of Athlone in Benown a man named mike Sproul who had a newly calved cow stolen by the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0692

    James Mc Loughlin, Philomena Mc Loughlin

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  14. Stories Where Children Were Stolen by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0692

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  15. Stories Where Children Were Stolen by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0692

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  16. A Fairy Story - Saying about Fairies

    CBÉS 0694

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  17. Belief in Fairies and the Banshee

    CBÉS 0696

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  18. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0697

    M. Murray

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  19. The Woman Who Was Taken By The Fairies

    CBÉS 0700

    J. Clarke

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  20. Fairies

    CBÉS 0700

    Shemus Heery

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