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

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  1. People who Were Brought in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0046

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  2. A Woman who Was Brought in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0046

    Christy Byrne, Nancy Byrne

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  3. (no title)

    “Biddy Early was in the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0050

    James Burke, John Burke

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  4. (no title)

    “The old people tell alot of stories about fairies.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Martin Power

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  5. A Story about Fairies

    CBÉS 0052

    Dillie Abberton, Mrs F. Abberton

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  6. About Fairies

    CBÉS 0052

    Frank Hynes, Nellie Hynes

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  7. About a Man who Went with the Fairies

    CBÉS 0052

    Neil Conroy, Patrick Conroy

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  8. A Story about a Woman who Had a Great Belief in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0052

    John Coughlan, Neil Conroy

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  9. Young Man Taken by Fairies

    CBÉS 0052

    Mrs Abberton, Nancy Madden

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  10. The Fairies of Kilmachugh

    CBÉS 0055

    Brighid, Bean Mhic Aodhgáin, Mr Thomas Glynn

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  11. (no title)

    “My father knew a woman who was in the fairies.”

    CBÉS 0058

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  12. Taken by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0059

    John Scully

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  13. Fairies

    CBÉS 0065

    Nora Joyce

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  14. A Cure for a Cow in the Fairies

    CBÉS 0086

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  15. The Fairies's Song

    “There once was a man who used o be out very late at”

    CBÉS 0087

    Áine Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairghréad Ní Mhóghráin

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  16. Fairies

    CBÉS 0087

    Áine Ní Dhómhnaill, Maighréad Ní Mhóghráin

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  17. Fairies

    CBÉS 0087

    Brighid Ní Mhóghráin, Tomás Ó Móghráin

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  18. Fairies

    CBÉS 0087

    Máire Nic Héil, Proinsias Mac h Éil

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  19. The Fairies' Song

    “There was once man and he had”

    CBÉS 0087

    Brighid Ní Ghrádaigh, Seán Ó Grádaigh

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  20. The Fairies' Song

    “There was once a man who was coming”

    CBÉS 0087

    Brighid Ní Cheallaigh, Seán Mac Lochlainn

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