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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. The Dummy's Confession

    CBÉS 0440

    Julia Mc Grath, Nora Mc Grath

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  2. Marcach an Teampaill

    CBÉS 0440

    Eugene Mc Grath, Nora Mc Grath

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  3. A Story about Forts

    CBÉS 0440

    Josie Sheehy, Mrs Sheehy

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  4. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0440

    Jeremiah O' Connor, Josie Sheehy

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  5. An Unheeded Warning

    CBÉS 0440

    Josie Sheehy, Thomas Sheehy

    Transcript

  6. How Duagh Got Its Name

    CBÉS 0440

    Josie Sheehy, Thomas Sheehy

    Duagh, Co. Kerry

    Transcript

  7. How Kilcara Got Its Name

    CBÉS 0440

    Josie Sheehy, Thomas Sheehy

    Kilcarra More, Co. Kerry

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  8. Old Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 0440

    Josie Sheehy, Mr Michael Galvin

    Transcript

  9. A Midnight Hurling Match

    CBÉS 0440

    Henry Cooke, Nora Mc Grath

    Transcript

  10. Experiences in the Cooke's House

    CBÉS 0440

    Henry Cooke, Nora Mc Grath

    Transcript

  11. The Rocky Tomb

    CBÉS 0440

    Hannah Mc Grath, Nora Mc Grath

    Transcript

  12. The Ghostly Funeral

    CBÉS 0440

    Jerry Carroll, Nora Mc Grath

    Transcript

  13. In the Pond Field

    CBÉS 0440

    John Mc Grath, Nora Mc Grath

    Transcript

  14. Coming from the Wake

    CBÉS 0440

    Eugene Mc GRath, Nora Mc Grath

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    “One day two or three girls went from Baltovin to the Lixnaw races...”

    CBÉS 0440

    Mrs Griffin, Nora Mc Grath

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    “A girl was coming home, one night, from her cousin's house and when she was coming near her own house she saw a shadow moving inside the fence...”

    CBÉS 0440

    Julia Mc Grath, Nora Mc Grath

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    “A certain man was dying and he wanted a priest. The priest was notified, and as he had to travel through a thick forest, he asked a neighbour to travel with him...”

    CBÉS 0440

    Eileen Moriarty, Mrs T. Lynch

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    “After fifty years ago there lived in Cappaclough Jack "Mararty" and his wife Maire Keane...”

    CBÉS 0440

    Kathleen O' Shea, Thomas Crean

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    “There was a man by the name of O'Shea living at Ventry at the west of Dingle...”

    CBÉS 0440

    John Foley, Margaret O' Driscoll

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    “One night there was a man from Inch coming home after playing cards about one o'clock...”

    CBÉS 0440

    John Foley, Margaret O' Driscoll

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