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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. Strange Happenings on All Souls' Night

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr W. Molloy

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  2. Fairies

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Molloy

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  3. Ghosts

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr Molloy

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  4. Story

    “A friend of mine told me this story about a ghost she saw herself and this is what it was. She said that one night she was ironing some clothes while the children were in bed and her husband was out.”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Mc Cullagh

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    “On a hill to the South of the village which was described in the paper last Saturday as the most beautiful village in Ireland stands the ruins of an old castle which like every other old castle has its story.”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Molloy

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    “There was an old man named Pat Dowds who lived where his daughter is living now in St Catherine's Road. This old man died at the age of one hundred and two years and it is said that he was the oldest man that died in the parish of Killybegs for the past c”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Molloy

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  7. Story

    “One time there was a young girl and her father and mother were dead. She was living with her aunt and her cousin who was much larger than herself.”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr Molloy

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  8. Witchcraft

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr Molloy

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  9. Story

    “Their was an old woman living in Bridge Street Killybegs up until a few years ago when her death took place and she used to tell this story very often about her father. She said that one day her father was in the bog an due found a large pair of white Ros”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Molloy

    Transcript

  10. Headstone

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs W. J. Molloy

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  11. Gentle Places

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr W. Molloy

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  12. Fairies

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mrs Molloy

    Transcript

  13. Story

    “There was a man living down in Maghara one time. One day he was fishing near the caves and he went to another rock to improve his catch and as he move he saw a mermaid sitting on a flat stone combing her hair and her cloak lying behind her.”

    CBÉS 1039

    Moira Molloy, Mr William Molloy

    Transcript