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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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    “Not very far from home is a lios. In the olden times it was said that it was haunted.”

    CBÉS 0514

    Bridget O Dwyer

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    “Some time ago a man was returning home at about ten o'clock one night when at a little distance from home...”

    CBÉS 0514

    Bridget O Dwyer

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  3. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0577

    Bridget O' Dwyer, Mr Martin Dwyer

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  4. Maude's Ghost

    CBÉS 0577

    Bridget O' Dwyer, Mr Martin O' Dwyer

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    “In olden times priests were forbidden to say mass only in lonesome and backward places.”

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget O' Dwyer, Patrick O' Dwyer

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    “About 60 years ago Father Dan Murphy of the parish of Crusheen was called to a sick call to Rylane.”

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget O' Dwyer, John Naughton

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    “Once on a time there lived a king in Ireland who had an only son.”

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget O' Dwyer, N. F. Degidon

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    “Some years ago there was a man named Kielly in Low Island Ballynacally who used visit Biddy Early whenever his stock or friends used be ill,”

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget O' Dwyer, Philomena Degidon

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    “About fifty yeats ago a man named Harvey had a very valuable horse”

    CBÉS 0593

    Bridget O' Dwyer, Mrs O' Hehir

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