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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. Seán Gabha - The Blacksmith

    CBÉS 0664

    Seán Mac Dairmada

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  2. A Fairy Tale

    CBÉS 0664

    Seán Mc Dermott

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  3. Rathfriland on the Hill

    CBÉS 0664

    John Mc Dermott

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  4. The Charming Wee Maid of Dunleer

    CBÉS 0664

    John Mc Dermott

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    “Once upon a time there was a man who had three sons and they were very poor.”

    CBÉS 0664

    Mrs J. Martin

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    “Once upon a time there was a girl coming home from America and she stayed overnight in England.”

    CBÉS 0664

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    “One Christmas Eve Patrick Duffy went down to Sheelagh yard and before he left the house he saw the church all lighted up but when he went up to the chapel yard he found that there were no lights atall.”

    CBÉS 0664

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  8. Local Stories about Fairies

    CBÉS 0664

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    “A man named Matthews, a native of Shanmullagh, Dundalk was a carter on the road.”

    CBÉS 0664

    John Sherry

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    “Mary Ralph Coulter, Carrickastuck, Dundalk who lived there about eighty years ago could turn herself into a hare.”

    CBÉS 0664

    John Sherry

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  11. Derryfalone Hackballs Cross - Buck Foster - Landlord and Law-Maker

    CBÉS 0664

    James Flynn

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  12. The Fosters

    CBÉS 0664

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    “The O Callaghan's were the landlords in the Shelagh District.”

    CBÉS 0664

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  14. Local Blacksmiths

    CBÉS 0664

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  15. Local Mass Rock

    CBÉS 0664

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  16. Cow Illnesses and Cures

    CBÉS 0664

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  17. The Cure of Cassidy's Clothes

    CBÉS 0664

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  18. The Cure of the Man-Creeper

    CBÉS 0664

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  19. The Cure of Rupture

    CBÉS 0664

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  20. The Cure of Jaundice

    CBÉS 0664

    John Sherry

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