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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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    “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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    “Cloch í seo thuas atá le feiscint...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Pádraig Ó Cathalain

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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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  6. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    Mrs Byrne, Willie Murtagh

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  7. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    William Murtagh, Willie Murtagh

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  8. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    William Murtagh, Willie Murtagh

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  9. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    Mícheál Ó Súilliobháin, Seósamh Ó Súillíobhain

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  10. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    Seósamh Ó Súillíobhain

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  11. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    Séamus Ó Séaghdha, Tadhg Ní Shéaghdha

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    “A snail climbed a ten foot pole. If he climbed three feet every day...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Séamus Ó Séaghdha, Tadhg Ó Séaghdha

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    “Bhí fear ann agus bhí líos sa phairch, agus bhí chóirce ag fás ann.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Aindrías Ó Piogoidh, Pádraig Pigott

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    “There was a man there once and there was a fort in the field and there was oats growing on it.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Andrew Pigott, Pádraig Pigott

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    “There was a farmer there once and he had a fort in his field he did not like it to be there, he filled it with earth.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Andrew Pigott, Pádraig Pigott

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    “On the road to our bog there is a big tall stone on the road and there is a sheep printed on it.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Andrew Pigott, Pádraig Pigott

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  17. Folklore

    CBÉS 0435

    Joe O' Sullivan

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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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    “Bhí féirmeoir ann fadó agus bhí féirm mhór bhréag aige...”

    CBÉS 0435

    Aindrías Ó Piógoidh

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    “Tom Eager when he was working in the road to our bog a pool of blood hardend into a ball of earth and he gave it to the stured.”

    CBÉS 0435

    Andy Pigott, Pádraig Pigott

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