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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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    “Long ago there was a man coming home from Tralee and he was drunk...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “There is a church over in Johnston's in Dungeel, and it is said that Ambrose Pearse is buried there, and that his grave is yet to be seen...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “Long ago an old man was coming home from Killarney when he was near Beaufort, he saw a man on the road...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “There was a woman and her baby ther long ago. The woman was sitting near the fire and she had the baby in her lap...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Seán Ó Clúbháin

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    “There was a man there long ago, and he commited a most awful crime, So he was to be hanged...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford

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    “Long ago a man was going home from town and his brother was with him...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh, Jack Clifford

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    “A man was going out hunting with his dog, and they went into a wood...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh, Jack Clifford

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    “Long ago a man was going home from town, and it was about four o'clock in the morning.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh, Jack Clifford

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    “Long ago a man was going home and he was drunk. When he reached home he went to bed, and in the middle if the night he woke up and he went out to the garden.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “Long ago a man was hunting with five of his sons, and they got very thirsty. The father went home, and the five sons went to a well.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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    “There was a man who had a crock of gold and he used to rise very early, because he was afraid before the the crock of gold would be stolen...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Jack Clifford, Mrs Kelly

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