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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. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 1108

    Philomena Mac Grath

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  2. Churning

    CBÉS 1108

    Agnes Campbell

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  3. Father Hegarty's Rock

    CBÉS 1108

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  4. A Story

    “Long ago there lived an old witch close to the Deerpark. It was a very lonely place and she lived in a little cabin alone and there was not a house near her.”

    CBÉS 1108

    Philomena Mac Grath

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  5. A Story

    “A story is told about Burt castle. It is said that many years ago there was a man who lived in Bohillion, and he owned all the land about Bohillion, and about Burt castle.”

    CBÉS 1108

    Andrew Campbell

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  6. Local Monuments

    CBÉS 1108

    William Taylor

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  7. Local Ruins

    CBÉS 1108

    Margaret Campbell

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  8. Local Stories

    “Round about Burt there are many stories told about haunted houses as follows.”

    CBÉS 1108

    William Doherty

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  9. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 1108

    Mick Campbell

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  10. Folklore

    “The name Donegal has always been connected with legends, and folklore, and certainly the district of Burt holds a high place in the county.”

    CBÉS 1108

    Mick Campbell

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  11. My Native District

    CBÉS 1108

    Catherine Taylor

    Bohullion Lower, Co. Donegal

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  12. Local Roads

    CBÉS 1108

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  13. An Old Story

    “Once upon a time there lived two men in Ireland whose names were John Conn and Ned Flynn. They had small farms of land but they were very poor.”

    CBÉS 1108

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