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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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  1. Riddles

    CBÉS 0229

    Annie Kenny, Frank Kenny

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  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0229

    Lizzie Murphy, Michael Connolly

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  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0229

    Terence Masterson, Thomas Masterson

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  4. Local Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    James Kenny, Pat Kennedy

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  5. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    Lizzie Murphy

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  6. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    Chris Masterson, Eugene Masterson

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  7. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    Mary Rose Reilly, Mrs Reilly

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  8. Fairy Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    Bridget Dolan, John Dolan

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  9. Local Forts

    CBÉS 0229

    Bernard Maguire, Hugh Maguire

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  10. Churning

    CBÉS 0229

    Annie T. Kenny

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  11. Churning

    CBÉS 0229

    James Kenny, Pat Kennedy

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    “There was a woman one time and her name was Mrs Mac Neill and she could turn herself into a hare.”

    CBÉS 0229

    Lizzie Murphy, Michael Murphy

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    “There was a woman living at Lough Gowra one time, who used to take her neighbour's butter.”

    CBÉS 0229

    Chris Masterson

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    “There was a poor man one time named John Brady.”

    CBÉS 0229

    Bernard Maguire, James Mc Govern

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    “A man named Pat O'Reilly, Drumderglin, was coming from a fair.”

    CBÉS 0229

    May Rose Reilly, Mrs Reilly

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    “There was a family, the name of Brady's, lived in Mullindara.”

    CBÉS 0229

    Bridget Dolan, James Mc Govern

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    “There was a witch one time and she changed herself into a hare and she used to stay in Henry Denise's byre.”

    CBÉS 0229

    Hugh Maguire, James Maguire

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  18. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0229

    James Kenny, Pat Kennedy

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  19. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0229

    Bernard Maguire, James Mc Govern

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  20. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0229

    James Maguire, James Mc Govern

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