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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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    “There is a neighbour's house near me.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Mary Cummings

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    “About a hundred years ago there lived a lovely girl in Malin.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Crampsey

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  3. Shot by the Fairies

    CBÉS 1122

    George Mc Candles, Kathleen Harkin

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  4. Old Customs

    CBÉS 1122

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    “There was a house in Moneydarragh in which a woman lived alone.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Veronica Long

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    “About 56 years ago Neil Mc Colgan's father (Neil lives here) was building a house.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Mary Cummings, Neil Mc Colgan

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    “About the first quarter of the nineteenth century there was a hedge school in this district.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Elsie Gibson, George Mc Candless

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    “My grandfather also named George Mc Candless was ploughing in a field along the road.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Elsie Gibson, George Mc Candless

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  9. The Haunted Room

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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  10. A Cheap Hat

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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  11. The Old School at Cloncha

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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  12. The Druids' Circle

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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  13. The Power of a Priest

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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  14. James's Well

    CBÉS 1122

    Catherine Mc Callion, Patrick Kenna

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  15. The Monk's Rock

    CBÉS 1122

    Catherine Mc Callion, Patrick Mc Kenna

    Cluain Catha, Co. Dhún na nGall

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  16. Local Poets

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Mc Kenna

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    “One night as a priest was on a sickcall in the parish of Culdaff he met three children coming towards him - two of them had lights in their hands, but the other had not.”

    CBÉS 1122

    Patrick Chrampsy, Patrick Mc Kenna

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  18. Folklore

    CBÉS 1122

    Kathleen Harkin, Patrick Crampsy

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  19. Folklore

    CBÉS 1122

    Kathleen Harkin, Kathleen Porter

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  20. The Loss of the Cambria

    CBÉS 1122

    Mary Doherty

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