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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. Story

    “Once upon a time a poor widow and her children were cutting turf on the bog.”

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    Hugh Whitney, Mary Whitney

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  2. Old Story

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    Angela Reilly, Patrick Reilly

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  3. Old Story

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    James Kelly, Mary T. Kelly

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  4. Old Story

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    Hugh Whitney, Mary Whitney

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  5. Story

    “Once upon a time there lived two men.”

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    Mary K. Reilly, Michael Reilly

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  6. Story

    “One time Irish Paddy was at war.”

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    John Clarke, Michael J. Clarke

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  7. Story

    “One night a man was coming home from his visit.”

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    Eugene O' Neill, Mary Ann Colreny

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  8. Story

    “Once upon a time there was a woodcutter and he was very poor.”

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    Mary Ross, Pat Ross

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  9. Story

    “Once upon a time there lived a man named Manus Montgomery in Co. Leitrim.”

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    Joseph Keenan, Patrick Reilly

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  10. Weather-Lore

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    Wille Prunty

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  11. Old Cures

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    Joe Keenen, Joe Milton, Patrick J. Bohan

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  12. Digging Spudawn

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    James Milton, Joseph Milton

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  13. Old Sayings

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    Ciss Bohan, Mary T. Kelly, Mary Whitney, Patrick J. Bohan

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  14. Old Games

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    Joe Milton, Mary Whitney

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  15. Ghost and Good People

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    Mary Thersa Kelly

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    “There is a fort in Joe O'Neils field and the people that lived there before them had a jolly cow and every time they milked the cow a child would start to cry and a woman would say keep quiet the jolly cow will soon be milked as soon as she would be milke”

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    Patrick J. Bohan

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    “There is a black woman at John J. Casseless gate.”

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    Joseph Milton

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    “There is a house in Cloontubrid called willie Prunty's and a room in it is always locked because there is a ghost in it.”

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    Nell Kirwin

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    “There is a fort in our land at home there were alot of fairies seen in it long ago.”

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    John Gray

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    “There is a ghost at Dick Scully's near the bridge.”

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