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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. Scéal

    “Once upon a time there lived a man in this district and he was working in a gentleman's residence.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Kathleen Moylett, Pat Moylett

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  2. Scéal

    “One time there lived a man named Alexander Gillespie near the village of Carramore.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Mrs B. Kilduff

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  3. Scéal

    “Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman in this village and they had a little girl about nine years old.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Bridgie Prendergast, Mrs Armstrong

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  4. Scéal

    “Once upon a time there lived a man in this district and he was very poor and he only had one cow.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Kathleen Moylett, Pat Moylett

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  5. Scéal

    “There was once a man who lived in Carramore and when the fairies wanted to have a hurling match the wanted two live men, one for each goal, and they used to bring the Carramore man across Lough Conn riding on a bothalán.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Mrs B. Kilduff

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  6. Tomhaiseanna

    CBÉS 0151

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  7. Seanchas i dtaobh na hAimsire

    CBÉS 0151

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  8. Burnings and Drownings

    CBÉS 0151

    Belinda Jordan

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  9. Storms and Severe Frost

    CBÉS 0151

    Belinda Jordan

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  10. Scéal

    “There is a fairy bush growing near our house.”

    CBÉS 0151

    Mary Rockford, Mrs Madden

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  11. Beliefs and Customs about Marriages in this District

    CBÉS 0151

    Mollie Dowd

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  12. Cures for Diseases

    CBÉS 0151

    Bridgie Prendergast

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  13. Lucky Days for Doing Certain Work

    CBÉS 0151

    Bridgie Prendergast

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  14. The Witch's Cow of Lough Conn

    CBÉS 0151

    P. J. Gaughan

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  15. The Franciscan Monastery of Glass Island in Lough Conn

    CBÉS 0151

    Josie Kilduff

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  16. Michael Durkan's Cow

    CBÉS 0151

    Eddie Gaughan

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  17. Weeds Found Growing in the Land of this District

    CBÉS 0151

    Annie Kilduff

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  18. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0151

    Eddie Gaughan

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  19. Churns and Churning

    CBÉS 0151

    Kathleen Moylett

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