The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    One night a woman was going to Knockmore with eggs. It let one rap of thunder and a flash of lightning...

    CBÉS 0125

    Kathleen Hopkins

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  2. A Story

    There was once a woman coming up from Knockmore and when she was passing by a limekiln a horse came out and put his two feet up on her shoulders and she had to drag him to the top of the hill and he came off there and the woman fainted.

    CBÉS 0150

    Bridget Brogan, Pat Flynn

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    About a hundred years ago there lived a little girl named Annie Deacy in a village named Knockmore in the parish of Bailenahaglish.

    CBÉS 0150

    Joan Flynn, Mary Flynn

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    Pádraig Bourke from Tooreen Knockmore in the parish of Backs was looked upon as the strongest man in the parish.

    CBÉS 0150

    Richard Bourke

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  5. An Old Story

    One night about 40 years ago a man named William Bourke of Ballymacredmond, Backs, Co. Mayo was playing cards in Mr. Cawley's house Knockmore, Backs, Co. Mayo.

    CBÉS 0151

    Bridie Ryan, Mr James Ryan

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  6. Townlands - Houses, Names, People over 70 - Knockmore

    CBÉS 0602

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  7. Knockmore

    CBÉS 0904

    John Magee, John Murphy

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  8. The Knockmore Kings

    CBÉS 0962

    Nancy Loughlin

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