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“At one time St. Senan's father had sown a field of wheat which was destroyed by crows rooting and carrying off the grain.”
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John Cunningham
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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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“In olden times it was customary for people to carry oats to the mill on horseback.”
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John Cunningham
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“One night as two men were returning from a house in the townland of Ballymacrinnan in which they were card playing.”
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John Cunningham
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“St. Senan's father possessed a farm of land in West Clare in which he usually kept a flock of cattle.”
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John Cunningham
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“In the days of the great famine there lived in Carradotia a townland in the parish of Killimer a man by the name of Patch Connell.”
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John Cunningham
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“Once there lived in Doonagrogue a man by the name of Hodge who was a Protestant.”
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John Cunningham
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“When Reeves was landlord of Bessborough and the surrounding district he forbade anyone to go hunting in his domain without his permission.”
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John Cunningham
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“One night a man from Burrane named Madigan went to a cousin of his who was living in the townland of...”
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John Cunningham
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“Long ago when poor people were travelling around the country they usually got a nights lodging in some house.”
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John Cunningham
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“One day as a priest was saying mass in a house in the townland of Ballymacrinnan he saw a cat in the corner...”
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John Cunningham
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“One day a man was shooting near Molougha lake he saw a number of swans swimming about the lake.”
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John Cunningham
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Hidden Treasure
“One night three men who lived in Burrane dreamt that if they went to a certain place they would find money hidden under a large flag...”
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John Cunningham
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“One November's night many years ago it happened that a certain man who was living in Killimer went to a neighbouring house playing cards.”
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John Cunningham
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“About forty five years ago a terrible tragedy occurred not far from this parish when eighteen people were accidentally drowned in the Shannon.”
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John Cunningham
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“St. Imy was born in Molougha and she had three brothers all of whom were saints.”
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John Cunningham
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“Once there lived in this parish a man who could cure people by drinking a few drops of their own blood.”
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John Cunningham
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“One night as a man named Daly was returning from a house which he was in the habit of visiting and the rain began to fall so he went...”
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John Cunningham
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“There is a gullet about two miles to the west of Knock which is supposed to be haunted.”
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John Cunningham
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Song of the Shannon Disaster
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John Cunningham
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Kilrush
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John Cunningham
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