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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. A Fairy Story

    “Just about fifteen years ago there was a gardener named Norman employed by the Nuns....”

    CBÉS 0745

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  2. A Fairy Story

    “Once upon a time there was some part of Fassagh...”

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

    Fassagh, Co. Westmeath

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    “The Four Coldest Things in the World....”

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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    “There is a man in Ballymahon who is said to have once cut a lone bush.”

    CBÉS 0745

    Frances Tiernan

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  5. (no title)

    “Many tales told of the Carmelite Priests...”

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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    “Another relates that during the priorship of the late Father MacDonnell...”

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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  7. A Holy Well

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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  8. Items re - Moats and District

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh, Pat Toole

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    “In the Protestant Churchyard (Graveyard) at Moate is a tombstone, situated in the south west corner...”

    CBÉS 0745

    Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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  10. Castle of Donegan

    CBÉS 0745

    Kieran Dolan, Liam P. Mac Coiligh

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  11. (no title)

    “It is said that it is unlucky to cut a lone bush in the middle of a field.”

    CBÉS 0745

    Thomas Farrell

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