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

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    “There was an eel down along our ditch beside the river and when the sun would be setting, you would hear the whistling of it a mile away.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  2. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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    “Over at Fintown lough there lived in this side of the lough a brother and sister.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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    “There was a man going to the fair of Kilmacrenn one time, and as he was going along the road he met a black pig.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  5. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  6. A Rhyme about Magpies when Seen

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  7. Rhyme about Marriage

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  8. Story

    “Long ago there was a man going to swim in the river.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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    “Once upon a time there was a young girl who hit a man with a spade and killed him.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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    “There was a man one time and he had seven children. They were very poor and the man didn't want to see them dying.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Katie Murray

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  11. Story

    “There was a man one time who had seven sons who never could agree.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  12. Story

    “One new May morning a man was going along the road he heard a woman calling "come all to me", "come all to me", and he said "come half to me.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  13. Story

    “One time a man was going to the fair of Letterkenny to buy a cow.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  14. Story

    “There was a man coming from his neighbour's house one night. He saw a light a good distance away from him.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  15. Good Luck

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  16. Bad Luck

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  17. Signs of the Weather

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  18. Rhyme

    CBÉS 1083

    Bridget J. Mc Connell, Frank Mc Connell

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  19. Story

    “There was a man one time in America. He heard that the people in Ireland lived to be very old, he thought he would come over to see them.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Frank Mc Connell, Mary A. Mc Connell

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  20. Old Story

    “Long, long ago a giant lived in Connaught. He held a feast, he invited all his friends.”

    CBÉS 1083

    Frank Mc Connell, Mary A. Mc Connell

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