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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Old Customs

    CBÉS 0027

    Annie Daly, Mrs Higgins

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    “Your lovers all both great and small. Thats of a good intention...”

    CBÉS 0114

    Kathleen Doherty, Mrs Higgins

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  3. Hidden Treasures

    CBÉS 0114

    Mollie Doherty, Mrs Higgins

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  4. The Local Forges

    CBÉS 0177

    Marcella Dooner, Mrs Higgins

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  5. What the Voice Said - A True Story

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  6. A True Story

    “One time there lived three families beside Belscarra river.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  7. A True Story

    “About forty years ago there lived a pensioner policeman, in the townland of Clonee, named Craig.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  8. Why A Man Paid His Father's Debt

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  9. A True Story

    “In 1919 there lived a young girl in Leer named Mary Bohan.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  10. A True Story - The Black Pig

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  11. A True Story

    “One night Jessie McKenna and her little brother Matt were playing in a neighbours house.”

    CBÉS 0222

    Máire Ní Bhrádaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  12. The Turkeycock - A True Story

    CBÉS 0222

    Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabhaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  13. The Famine

    CBÉS 0222

    Cáitilín Ní Ghiollariabaigh, Mrs Higgins

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  14. Old Houses

    CBÉS 0236

    Mary Joe Mac Dermot, Mrs Higgins

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  15. The Coillean

    CBÉS 0241

    Mrs Higgins, Val. Mc Dermott

    Barnaboy, Co. Roscommon

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  16. Churning

    CBÉS 0247

    Cáitlín Ní Húiggín, Mrs Higgins

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  17. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0247

    Cáitlín Ní Húiggin, Mrs Higgins

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  18. Local Place Names

    CBÉS 0353

    Mrs Higgins, Patrick Higgins

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  19. Prayers

    CBÉS 0354

    Mrs Higgins, Patrick Higgins

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  20. Churning

    CBÉS 0354

    Mrs Higgins, Patrick Higgins

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