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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. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0289

    Helen Shanahan, John Shanahan

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  2. Care of the Feet

    “Some of people used not wear boots until they were eighteen or nineteen years long ago.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Martin Kennelly

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    “Long ago a man was coming home from town and it was very late.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Joe Shanahan, John Shanahan

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  4. (no title)

    “There was a man living in Dromin named Paddy Shanahan and he had a big healthy family.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Martin Kennelly

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    “There was a man there once and he built a new house.”

    CBÉS 0406

    Joe Shanahan, John Shanahan

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    “There is a fort in Jack Flaherty's land and about fifty years ago if anyone wanted to go into the fort field they should at first walk about the fort three times or they would have some mark before three days.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Martin Kennelly

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    “There was a man walking through the fields one day.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Martin Kennelly

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    “Paddy Shanahan was coming home from Lixnaw with a horse and car as he passed a fort his horse stopped and would not go for him.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Mary Shanahan

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    “There was a number of men working in a field in Dromin one day.”

    CBÉS 0406

    John Shanahan, Martin Kennelly

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  10. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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  11. An Accident

    CBÉS 0407

    Cahal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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  12. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0407

    Cathal Kennelly, John Shanahan

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  13. Old Schools

    CBÉS 0407

    John Shanahan

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  14. Penal Days

    “Long ago there was a fort in Sheahans land and they used to say Mass in it.”

    CBÉS 0407

    John Shanahan

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  15. Penal Days

    “There was a man living in Coilbee once.”

    CBÉS 0407

    John Shanahan

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    “There was a man named Hayes working at Bill Connor's and he cut down trees out of the fort and every morning they used see a cow dead at a gap near the fort.”

    CBÉS 0407

    John Shanahan

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  17. My Home District

    CBÉS 0411

    John Shanahan, Thomas Lawlor

    Irrabeg, Co. Kerry

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  18. A Story of Buried Treasure

    CBÉS 0411

    John Shanahan, Thomas Lawlor

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  19. A Funny Story

    CBÉS 0411

    John Shanahan, Thomas Lawlor

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  20. Riddles

    CBÉS 0411

    John Shanahan, Thomas Lawlor

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