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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. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Teresa Mulligan, Mrs Mulligan

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  2. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Teresa Mulligan, Mrs Mulligan

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  3. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Teresa Mulligan, Mrs M. Mulligan

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  4. Ghost Stories

    CBÉS 0794

    Brigid Mac Curtin, Mrs Maurice Mac Curtin

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  5. A Rath

    CBÉS 0794

    Nellie Ronan

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  6. A Rath

    CBÉS 0794

    Mollie Byrne, Mrs J. Mc Connell

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  7. A Rath

    CBÉS 0794

    Mona Campion

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  8. A Rath

    CBÉS 0794

    Chrissie Grahame

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  9. A Rath

    CBÉS 0794

    Sheila Martin

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    “There are many stories told about Lucan, of which the most common is about a cave that the Danes used keep their things in.”

    CBÉS 0794

    Bill Cumiskey, Fan O' Neill

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    “The passages in the cave lead to the Castles of Grange, Ballyowen and Adamstown, and to Clondalkin.”

    CBÉS 0794

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  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0794

    Hilary Murray, Mrs B. Vallom

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  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0794

    John Campion, Mona Campion

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  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0794

    Maureen Comiskey, Mrs B. Comiskey

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  15. Weather

    CBÉS 0794

    Hilary Murray

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  16. Weather

    CBÉS 0794

    Maureen Comiskey

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  17. Weather

    CBÉS 0794

    May Rogers

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  18. Factories

    CBÉS 0794

    Mary Greene, Mr Thornberry

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  19. Factories

    CBÉS 0794

    May Matthews, Mrs Matthews

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  20. Factories

    “There are no tailors in Lucan. Cloth is spun and woven in Hill's factory, and most of the people who work there, buy their cloth there.”

    CBÉS 0794

    Mai Rogers, Mrs Rogers

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