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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. The Valley of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 0185

    Mrs Annie Deehan, Nancy Deehan

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  2. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0204

    T. Mc Loughlin

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  3. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0214

    Catherine Higgins

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  4. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0222

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  5. A True Story - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  6. The Valley of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Moran

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  7. The Valley of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 0223

    Kathleen Mc Teigue, Peter Dolan

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  8. Valley of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 0224

    Carmel Conlon

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  9. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0224

    Maisie Mc Teague, Mr Peter Dolan

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    “Tradition tells us that many years ago there lived in Ulster a protestant teacher who turned his pupils into black pigs. ...”

    CBÉS 0233

    Gerald Mulhern

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  11. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0250

    Thomas Flanagan

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  12. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0250

    Bridget Murphy

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  13. Story of the Black Pig

    CBÉS 0255

    Nancy Roland

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  14. Story - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0255

    Katie Fallon, Mrs Fallon

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    “One time a man went to cut a tree that the black pig used to sleep under.”

    CBÉS 0256

    Jack Mullaney, W. Mullaney

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  16. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0305

    Garret Connor

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  17. The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0498

    Michael O' Rourke

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  18. Strange Animals - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0501

    Bernard O Rourke

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  19. Story - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0536

    James O Shea

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    “Near Ardee there is supposed to be a black pig which appears when any misfortune is about to befall...”

    CBÉS 0662

    Nora Kirk, Patrick Kirk

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