The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. (no title)

    De réir béal oideas na ndaoine bhí Fionn ag seilg ar Néifin Mhór lá amháin. Is dócha go raibh Bran agus Sceolán leis ach nílmuid cinnte.

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  2. Story

    Many years ago orange-men lived at Straide. At this time only a few Catholics lived there and so the Protestants had the upper hand.

    CBÉS 0125

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  3. Story

    A long time ago there were a lot of spies in Ireland.

    CBÉS 0125

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  4. Cluichí

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  5. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0125

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  6. Seanfhocail

    CBÉS 0125

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  7. Riddles

    CBÉS 0125

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  8. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0125

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  9. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0125

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  10. Cures

    CBÉS 0125

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  11. Prátaí

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  12. Seanchas i dtaobh na hAimsire

    CBÉS 0125

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    Captain Gallagher and Neill Mac Nulty better known as Neill na gCaroach on account of all the sheep he stole were two Highwaymen.

    CBÉS 0125

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    According to local history the well now called St. Anne's Well was once situated on the side of the Ox Mountains, which at this time was heavily wooded.

    CBÉS 0125

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    Adjacent to Fitzgearald's house in Turlough there is a well known as Fitzgearald's well.

    CBÉS 0125

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    Some time ago a man named Pat Burke who lived in Stonepark, was passing by Stan a village in the locality at a very late hour one night.

    CBÉS 0125

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    Nestling beneath the mountains beyond Foxford and adjacent to Lough Muck there is another lake known as Lough na Ciste.

    CBÉS 0125

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    CBÉS 0125

    Mrs J. Morrison, Philip Morris

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  19. Games

    CBÉS 0125

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  20. Fairies

    CBÉS 0125

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