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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 Uncharitable Woman

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs M. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  2. The Crying Child

    CBÉS 0457

    Shelia O Donoghue, Timothy J. O Donoghue

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  3. The Old Woman and the Goats

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs D. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  4. The Man and the Skull

    CBÉS 0457

    Con M. H. Healy, Michéal Donoghue

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  5. Siobhain and Dómhnaillín

    CBÉS 0457

    Con Murphy, Denis Murphy

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  6. Song

    “In a stormy night in Winter”

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs D. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  7. Nora na Gamhna

    CBÉS 0457

    Darby O Donoghue, Pat Sullivan

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  8. The Fairies Path

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs M. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  9. The Lonely Road

    CBÉS 0457

    Denis Donovan, John Donovan

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  10. The Penitent

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs D. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  11. The Poor Widow

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. R. O Donoghue

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  12. Purcell and the Fairy

    CBÉS 0457

    Con Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  13. The Fairy Fort

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs M. D. O Donoghue, Rodger O Donoghue

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  14. A Fairy Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Dan Kelly, Mrs D. Kelly

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  15. A Story

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs E. Spillane, Owen Spillane

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  16. The Goat and Seven Kids

    CBÉS 0457

    Tim Spillane

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  17. The Lone Bush

    CBÉS 0457

    Mrs M. D. O Donoghue, Shelia O Donoghue

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  18. Mike Purcell and the Fairy Man

    CBÉS 0457

    Cornelius Courtney, Maurice Courtney

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    “Long ago there were fairies in a small fort owned by Counihans.”

    CBÉS 0457

    James Counihan, Owen Spillane

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    “There was a tailor long ago and he had three sons and a goat.”

    CBÉS 0457

    Denis Murphy

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